Rather unsurprisingly, Karim Benzema has received the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League player of the season award.
The ahead was in career-best type final season, scoring 15 targets and nabbing two assists as he impressed Real Madrid to their 14th UEFA Champions League triumph.
Benzema’s finest performances throughout the match got here in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City when his targets clawed Los Blancos again from the brink of elimination to progress by means of the match.
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In scoring 15 targets in the competitors final season Benz turned the joint-third (with Robert Lewandowski) highest goalscorer in UEFA Champions League historical past, scoring 86 targets in Europe’s premier competitors.
The France worldwide wasn’t the solely Real Madrid player to win an award on Wednesday night as his teammate Vinicius Junior additionally scooped up the UEFA Champions League younger player of the season gong.
Vinicius loved a breakout 2021/22 marketing campaign, scoring 22 targets in competitions, with 4 of these coming in the Champions League.