{"id":6207,"date":"2022-01-16T18:01:21","date_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/16\/karim-benzema-surpasses-ronaldo-but-barcelona-legend-remains-on-top-after-real-madrids-super-cup-win\/"},"modified":"2022-01-16T18:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T23:01:21","slug":"karim-benzema-surpasses-ronaldo-but-barcelona-legend-remains-on-top-after-real-madrids-super-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/16\/karim-benzema-surpasses-ronaldo-but-barcelona-legend-remains-on-top-after-real-madrids-super-cup-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema surpasses Ronaldo, but Barcelona legend remains on top after Real Madrid\u2019s Super Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid star Karim Benzema etched his name ever further into the history books of the Spanish Super Cup this evening.<\/p>\n<h2>Modric amongst the goals<\/h2>\n<p>Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s troops returned to action a short time ago.<\/p>\n<p>After getting the better of Clasico rivals Barcelona to book their spot in the competition showpiece during the week, Los Blancos went head to head with Athletic Club, for the Supercopa de Espana title.<\/p>\n<p>And, when all was said and done at the King Fahd Stadium, the fine campaign being enjoyed by the La Liga table-toppers only continued.<\/p>\n<p>First, late in the first-half, Luka Modric rolled back the years courtesy of a superb finish from the edge of the area to put Real in front:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a finish from Luka Modric! ?<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 36 he\u2019s still producing in the big moments\u2026 ?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Supercopa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Supercopa<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ViJZlj2wVV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ViJZlj2wVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportfootball\/status\/1482807336745979913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Then, on the other side of the interval, Karim Benzema put Ancelotti\u2019s men out of sight, courtesy of a typically ruthless strike from 12 yards:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Karim Benzema doubles Real Madrid\u2019s lead from the penalty spot ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6fE2q3pXSf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6fE2q3pXSf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1482801075010752514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite Eder Militao\u2019s late dismissal, Real, from here, held on to their two-goal advantage, to secure the 12th Super Cup in the club\u2019s fabled history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?1\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e3 WE ARE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SUPERCAMPEONES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SUPERCAMPEONES<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lQkdcTJ7p2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/lQkdcTJ7p2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real Madrid C.F. ???? (@realmadriden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realmadriden\/status\/1482811652999618560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Benz climbs\/Messi remains on top<\/h2>\n<p>As alluded to above, though, Los Merengues\u2019 triumph this evening did not only prove significant from a collective perspective.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, their 2nd of the clash, bagged by main man Karim Benzema, saw the Frenchman climb ever further up the list of top scorers in the history of the Supercopa de Espana.<\/p>\n<p>Benzema, all told, has now found the net a total of five times in Super Cup action.<\/p>\n<p>This figure stands as the 5th most in the history of the competition, and one more than the likes of Barcelona icon Xavi Hernandez and ex-Blancos partner in crime Cristiano Ronaldo managed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Benz\u2019, however, remains some way adrift of the all-time leading Supercopa scorer, Lionel Messi, who, remarkably, managed 14 goals in the competition, twice as many as 2nd-placed Raul Gonzalez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">M\u00e1ximos goleadores de la Supercopa de Espa\u00f1a:<\/p>\n<p>14 Messi<br \/>\n7 Ra\u00fal<br \/>\n6 Beguiristain<br \/>\n6 Stoichkov<br \/>\n5 KARIM BENZEMA<br \/>\n5 Kanout\u00e9<br \/>\n4 Aduriz<br \/>\n4 Bakero<br \/>\n4 Cristiano Ronaldo<br \/>\n4 Xavi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMVZS9URNA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TMVZS9URNA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MisterChip (Alexis) (@2010MisterChip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2010MisterChip\/status\/1482801687320539137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/manchester-city-eye-real-madrid-star-as-potential-ferran-torres-replacement\/\">Manchester City eye Real Madrid star as potential Ferran Torres replacement<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/agent-of-barcelona-stopper-araujo-responds-to-real-madrid-links\/\">Agent of Barcelona stopper Araujo responds to Real Madrid links<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Real Madrid star Karim Benzema etched his name ever further into the history books of the Spanish Super Cup this evening. Modric amongst the goals Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s troops returned to action a short time ago. After getting the better of Clasico rivals Barcelona to book their spot in the competition showpiece during the week, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}