As embodiment of Madrid-ism, Karim Benzema can still drag Real to Paris final | Barney Ronay

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The forward’s impudent Panenka epitomised his stunning form and could yet take Madrid to another Champions League final

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Aged 17 he told a room full of senior internationals at Lyon to stop laughing at his initiation speech as he was there to take their jobs. Four years later, still at Lyon, he was being shortlisted for the Ballon d’Or. He’s lining up his fifth Champions League medal. Kane, who is also a brilliant footballer, has been playing in the Europa Conference League. It does take a genuine loss of scale to conclude this is any kind of contest at all right now.

Overall he had 43 touches, two shots on target and a sense of overbearing presence. There is a lot ofnow, backed by stuff about diet and conditioning. Another big part of this is mentality. Elite football is a suffocating thing. It comes at you in an endless scroll of data, angles, equations. How many will he get in the Bernabéu? It is a key question in this tie. Benzema has 17 of Madrid’s past 28 goals.

 

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