{"id":1179715,"date":"2020-12-09T22:17:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1179715"},"modified":"2020-12-09T22:21:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T22:21:13","slug":"real-madrid-2-0-borussia-monchengladbach-gladbach-match-analysis-five-things-learned-benzema-vazquez-modric-kroos-zidane","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/real-madrid-2-0-borussia-monchengladbach-gladbach-match-analysis-five-things-learned-benzema-vazquez-modric-kroos-zidane\/","title":{"rendered":"“This was King Karim in his element” – Five things learned as Real Madrid massacre Gladbach in title-tier performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a one-sided night of football, Real Madrid absolutely dominated Borussia Monchengladbach.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The score was 2-0 but could have honestly been anything. Los Blancos were dominant from start to finish. What did we learn?<\/p>\n

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1. King Karim in his element<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For years, everyone forgot how good Karim Benzema was. They forgot despite the Frenchman being a prominent member of a Real Madrid side that won four Champions Leagues in five years. Why did they forget? Because he wasn’t the main goalscorer.<\/p>\n

Nevermind that Benzema was the glue that held the attack together, someone else was bagging all the goals so the Frenchman got no respect. Well now he is the main man, now he’s the lead striker getting the goals. And now people will hopefully give Karim Benzema his due.<\/p>\n

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Karim Benzema attempted more shots (7), created the joint-most chances (5), had more shots on target (4) and scored more goals (2) than any other Real Madrid player against Gladbach.<\/p>\n

Heading Madrid into the #UCL<\/a> Round of 16. pic.twitter.com\/vFkLqbQnNw<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) December 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n