Benzema responds to doubters about the validity of his first goal against PSG

Karim Benzema, the Real Madrid striker, said that he felt “extremely proud” after surpassing Alfredo Di Stefano’s number in the table of players with the most goals scored in the history of the White Club, and after scoring a hat-trick to defeat Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and also said: “With pressure we can hit any team.”

Returning to the match, led by Benzema, unleashes Real Madrid’s optimism in their favorite tournament. After the match, the Frenchman said: “We want to see the stadium like today, we need the fans. victory for them. They suffered a lot, but we fought to the end and we deserve this celebration.”

He added: “We lost the first leg and in the first half we lost 1-0. These fans give us a brutal force that pushes us and makes us give everything until the end.”

“We knew that Paris Saint-Germain is a team that loses balls if it is pressed. That’s why we did it.” And he added, in response to questioning the validity of his first goal after the friction with Donnarumma: “This is not a fault, it is pressure.”

Benzema highlighted the difficulties they faced in eliminating Paris Saint-Germain. “It’s a ‘champions’ match and it’s tough. We know PSG likes to have the ball, we started well, tried to score goals and in the second half with mental strength we won the match. It is a reward for the whole team.”

He explained, “We can defeat any team by pressing. It is just a matter of pressure from the entire team; Each one in its place. Every match is a final for us in the league and the ‘champions’, but today we showed that Real Madrid is alive.”

After the hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain, Benzema surpassed 308 goals for Di Stefano and became the third goalscorer in Real Madrid’s history. “I am very proud to have overcome this legend, and I will continue,” he said.

Source: sport