Benzema, King of Cups

Karim Benzema again proved that likes KO tournaments. On Tuesday, against Valencia, scored his 29th goal in Cups (Champions League, Copa del Rey and Supercopa of Spain) since joining Real Madrid. His numbers are only enhanced by Cristiano Ronaldo, who has 46.
Benzema scored against Valencia his eleventh goal in Copa del Rey. It premiered two seasons ago against Real Murcia (10 November 2010), and in the next game he scored his second hat-trick in White (December 22, against Levante). In the semifinal round, against Sevilla, scored one of his best goals for the club, opening the way to the final against Barca won at the Mestalla.

He has scored 17 goals in the Champions League, 11 in Cup and one in the Supercopa of Spain
Last season, Benzema was instrumental in the comeback against Malaga. He scored the 3-2 final at the Bernabeu, and initialed the game 0-1 in La Rosaleda. In the next round, made it 2-2 against Barcelona at the Camp Nou, while stopped at a goal from Madrid to the semifinals. Its both yesterday against Valencia was third in this year's Cup, after the double that opened the team's participation in Alcoy.
Its domestic production Cups complete with the goal he scored against Barcelona in the second leg of the Supercup 2011, the provisional 2-2 (81 '), before Messi scored the final 3-2 in the 88th minute.
Brilliant European average
But the Champions League is the competition in the most shining and has higher average (0.6 per game). Europe has played 29 games with Real and has scored 17 goals, which must be added the 12 he signed in 19 games with Lyon.
Since the arrival of Jose Mourinho, with which Madrid has totaled 400 goals, is the second best scorer of Real Madrid with 69 goals. Far behind Christian (142), but with a clear advantage over Gonzalo Higuain (47, seven of them in tournaments butler).