​Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat at rivals FC Barcelona and Karim Benzema’s performance was criticized in Madrid sports newspaper AS.

Karim Benzema got 0 for his performance in El Clasico

The sign attributed to Karim Benzema of AS caused quite a storm. The Madrid daily gave him an incredible zero (0 out of 10) through their special representative at the Camp Nou.

Sergio López de Vicente wrote about the French forward: “Benzema: invisible. Again. Nothing, nothing. He could neither get easy balls nor impose himself on the opponent’s half. He is miles away from the brilliant version of the Ballon d’Or winner. I saw him without rhythm, slow, without speed, without play. If Real Madrid find their striker, they will have a treasure in their ranks, but they have been waiting for a long time.”

Furthermore, Marca, another Spanish sports daily, did not cover Benzema, who, even though he has not scored in his last three La Liga games, still managed to score three goals in the last two legs of the Champions League round of 16 with Liverpool (a a double in the round, 5-2, and the only scorer in the return, 1-0). The brand rated him one out of three possible stars, in fact, as did most of the Real Madrid players who came out to the Camp Nou on Sunday.

Instead, AS awarded Thibaut Courtois 9 points for his performance.

FC Barcelona recorded their 100th win over arch-rivals Real Madrid (2-1) at the Camp Nou on Sunday night in the match of the 26th stage of the Spanish Football Championship.

The 253rd episode of El Clásico was decided by a goal scored in extra time (90+2) by Franck Cassie, introduced in the 77th minute.

Madrid opened the scoring in the 9th minute when Ronald Araujo converted Vinicius’ cross into his own net (9). Barca restored the tie before the break thanks to Sergi Roberto (45), writes Agerpres.

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