{"id":1016855,"date":"2022-03-10T10:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/10\/champions-league-reactions-after-benzema-scores-hat-trick-to-thump-psg-in-thriller\/"},"modified":"2022-03-10T10:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T10:26:30","slug":"champions-league-reactions-after-benzema-scores-hat-trick-to-thump-psg-in-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/10\/champions-league-reactions-after-benzema-scores-hat-trick-to-thump-psg-in-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions league reactions after Benzema scores hat trick to thump PSG in thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"696\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image_2022-03-10_071941-696x696.png\"   alt=\"Twitter\" title=\"Karim Benezema\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Many football lovers were excited with Real Madrid\u2019s striker, Karim Benzema\u2019s performance in the second leg of the Champions League in the last 16. <\/p>\n<p>Karim scored a superb 17-minute hat trick as Real Madrid send the France giants, PSG out of the Champions League at a raucous Bernabeu on Wednesday night to reach the the quater-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Kylian Mbappe\u2019s first half goal had given Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s side a two-goal aggregate lead and on the right course for the last eight but a howler from Gianluigi Donnaruma after 11 minutes in the second half proved the turning point for the Spanish giants.<\/p>\n<p>The striker stunned the visitors\u00a0with a 17-minute hat-trick\u00a0to turn the tie on its head and send Real into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FNcIrNeWYAcko32\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>It keeps the 13-time European winners on course to the next phase of the league and once again underlined Benzema\u2019s status as one of the best strikers in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Blancos captain after the match commented on the victory which sees them advance to the next stage of the competition. <\/p>\n<p>He has also become the third highest goal-scorer in Madrid\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud to be third best goal scorer in the Real Madrid history but I won\u2019t stop, I will score again and again,\u201d in a tweet by Sports Journalist, Fabrizio Romano.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karim Benzema: &#8220;I&#8217;m proud to be third best goalscorer in Real Madrid history but I won&#8217;t stop, I want to score again and again&#8221;. \u26aa\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RealMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RealMadrid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Real Madrid are still alive and we&#8217;ll never give up. We&#8217;ve to say thanks to Real Madrid fans, they were special tonight&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8arOWz9QFA\">pic.twitter.com\/8arOWz9QFA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1501684839178715142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Real Madrid\u00a0shot-stopper, Thibaut Courtois has also stated that the 34-year-old \u201cis the best No.9 in the world and should have finished higher on the Ballon d\u2019Or list in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thibaut Courtois: &#8220;Karim Benzema is the best number 9 in the world. Lewandowski also scored 3 goals yesterday, but 2 penalties\u2026 today Benzema showed why he should be higher in the Ballon d\u2019Or this year&#8221;. \u26aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Karim was running, fighting, even limping!&#8221;, he added. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uaattXIPtd\">pic.twitter.com\/uaattXIPtd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1501687570639785987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Parisians failed to deal with Karim Benzema\u2019s threat up top as he interlinked well with the likes of Vinicius Junior, Luka Modric and Rodrygo.<\/p>\n<p>PSG has suffered another painful defeat after reaching the final and semi-finals in consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>This, in regard felt like a considerable backwards step for a squad that has been expensively assembled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some reactions from football fanatics after the game as some believed he\u2019s still the best striker in the world:<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Karim Benzema is the oldest player to score a hat trick in Champions League history at 34 years and 80 days old.<\/p>\n<p>He did it when it mattered most for Real Madrid \ud83c\udf1f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0XiLFUYcoY\">pic.twitter.com\/0XiLFUYcoY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/1501681834983317506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26aa\ufe0f July 2009, Karim Benzema joins Real Madrid from OL for \u20ac35m.<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f March 2022, Karim Benzema scores an hattrick in UCL and he\u2019s the third best goalscorer in Real Madrid history.<\/p>\n<p>Never ending story. \u267e<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Benzema?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Benzema<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UCL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UCL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N5eYpHiJue\">pic.twitter.com\/N5eYpHiJue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1501679053903912964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-f2WRERSQq4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deputy Speaker Can Vote: I find the Supreme Court ruling refreshing \u2013 Joe Wise \u2013 Adom TV (9-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-f2WRERSQq4?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many football lovers were excited with Real Madrid\u2019s striker, Karim Benzema\u2019s performance in the second leg of the Champions League in the last 16. 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