Benzema reaches impressive French milestone at the club level 

Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema continued to break records, after scoring a goal against Alaves, during the triple victory, in the twenty-fifth round of the Spanish League for the current season 2021-2022. Benzema scored Real Madrid's goal against Deportivo Alaves in the first minute of the extra time via a penalty kick. The French newspaper, Info Sport, reported that Benzema became the best French scorer in history with one team with 210 goals in the league, surpassing Roger Courtois with 209 goals with the Sochaux team in the French league. The French striker reached 210 goals with Meringue in La Liga during 405 matches, and made 113 assists, since his arrival to the team in the summer of 2009 from Lyon.
The Real Madrid star strengthened its lead in the list of top scorers in the Spanish League this season with 18 points, 5 goals ahead of his closest competitor. Real Madrid leads the La Liga standings with 57 points, 7 points ahead of its closest rival, Seville, the runner-up, with 50 points.