Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Real Madrid achieved its third victory in the Spanish League this season, by defeating its host Espanyol, 1/3, in the third round of competitions.
Karim Benzema saved “Merenghi” from falling into the trap of a tie, as he scored two goals in the deadly time of the meeting, after the result indicated a positive tie with a goal for the same.
Benzema continued the campaign to defend the top scorer title (La Liga), which he achieved last season, by scoring two valuable goals, to raise his score to 3 goals this season.
Karim Benzema became the seventh top scorer in the Spanish league in history, after reaching the 221st goal, to end his partnership with Peruvian Cesar Rodriguez Keni, the former Barcelona striker, who has 219 goals.
He is ahead of Benzema by 6 other players: Lionel Messi with 473 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo with 311 goals, Telmo Zarra with 253 goals, Hugo Sanchez with 234 goals, Raul Gonzalez with 228 goals and Alfredo Di Stefano with 227 goals.
Karim Benzema reached the 327th goal with Real Madrid in various competitions, 123 goals behind Cristiano Ronaldo, who ranked first.
In a related context, Vinicius Junior succeeded in equalizing the number of Neymar, the Paris Saint-Germain striker, as the most Brazilian player to score goals in the five major leagues, since the start of last season 2022/2021.
Vinicius raised his score with Real Madrid to 19 goals in 38 matches in (La Liga), while Neymar scored the same number of goals in 26 matches, in the French League.