Hours separate us from the upcoming summit between Liverpool and Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions League final, which will be held on Saturday in Paris.
ultimate Champions League 2022 will witness a special side confrontation between the French Karim Benzema, an attacking star Real MadridAnd the Egyptian, Mohamed Salah, is his counterpart in Liverpool.
Benzema and Salah are among the most prominent football stars in the world today, and they are at the forefront of the race for the 2022 Ballon d’Or.
“Al Ain Sports” presents in the following lines a comparison between what Benzema and Salah did with their teams during the current football season, before the end of the season in the Champions League final.
Benzema’s numbers with Real Madrid
Benzema, 34, is presenting his best season in the Real Madrid shirt since joining the royal team in the summer of 2009 from Olympique Lyonna.
The French star participated in 45 games with Real Madrid this season (3829 minutes), during which he scored 44 goals, making him the team’s top scorer this season, as well as providing 15 assists that put him in second place among the best playmakers, behind Vinicius Junior (20). .
Karim was the top scorer in the Spanish League this season for the first time in his career with 27 goals, and he also won the La Liga Player of the Month award twice, in September and April.
Benzema is currently the top scorer in the Champions League this season, with 15 goals scored in 11 games.
Mohamed Salah numbers with Liverpool
On the other hand, Salah is also Liverpool’s top scorer in all competitions this season, with 31 goals he scored in 50 games, and he is the second most productive player for the team’s goals with 16 assists, 3 passes behind Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Salah won the Premier League top scorer award jointly with Heung-Min Son, the Tottenham star, with 23 goals each, while the Egyptian star was awarded the best playmaker (13 assists).
This is the third time that Salah, 29, has won the Premier League top scorer award.
Salah had won the Player of the Month and Goal of the Month award in October.