Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema shares heartfelt post with former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo on Instagram

Karim Benzema recently became Real Madrid's second highest goal scorer in the Spanish football league.

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema shares heartfelt post with former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo on Instagram

Karim Benzema shared an Instagram post with Cristiano Ronaldo on his Instagram story. Image via Instagram

Karim Benzema, Real Madrid’s star forward, shared a post on his Instagram story, where he was hugging his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. The post was shared by Real Madrid’s official account earlier on February 20. The post had several slides of Real Madrid’s goals and feats in the Champions League matches. Karim Benzema, whose relationship with the Portuguese international was questioned last month, silenced the rumors with his Instagram story.

Cristiano Ronaldo visited his former club in January, as Real Madrid was training in the Al-Nassr training facility. Ronaldo, who had signed a record-breaking €73 million-a-year deal with the Saudi Club in December, was present there. He appeared in numerous photos with many players of the Real Madrid squad. He also clicked a picture with former manager Carlo Ancelotti.

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However, his former strike partner Karim Benzema was missing, and no pictures were shared of the duo. The lack of photos raised quite a few rumors, claiming Benzema and Ronaldo’s relationship was not looking good. Benzema, however, shut the rumors quickly, “We don’t need a photo to say that we’re friends. I couldn’t say hello to him because he was training but hopefully I’ll be able to see him on Sunday.”

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Karim Benzema became Real Madrid’s second highest goal scorer in the Spanish League football. (Image via Instagram.)

Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo both signed for Real Madrid in 2009. Real Madrid signed Karim Benzema for €35 million from French side Lyon in 2009. While Cristiano Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a record-breaking transfer fee at that time £80 million from Manchester United. Karim Benzema and Ronaldo played together for the first time in the first match of the La Liga season in 2009/10 against Deportivo La Coruna.

Ronaldo scored one goal in their 3-2 win against Deportivo in their first match together, while Benzema assisted once. Karim Benzema and Ronaldo played 342 games together since their first match in 2009/10, combining for a total of 76 goals. The duo, who formed one of the deadliest attacking trios in football history, along with retired Welshman Gareth Bale from 2013, when Bale joined from Tottenham Hotspurs, scored more than 400 goals together during their time together. The trio nicknamed ‘BBC’, also won four Champions League trophies and 1 La Liga in five years.

Since Ronaldo’s departure from Real Madrid in 2018, Karim Benzema has taken the helm, becoming their lead striker. Since Ronaldo’s departure in 2018, Benzema scored 147 goals in 216 matches for Real Madrid. The French forward recently overtook club legend Raul’s record of 228 goals to become the second-highest goal scorer for Real Madrid in Spanish League football. After his brace against Elche on February 16 in a 4-0 victory, Benzema moved up to 230 goals, beating Raul’s record. Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid’s top scorer in Spanish football with 311 goals.

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