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Zinedine Zidane Compares Karim Benzema to Cristiano Ronaldo After UCL Landmark

Zinedine Zidane believes Karim Benzema deserves to be ranked alongside Cristiano Ronaldo in Real Madrid's pantheon of greats after he reached 50 UEFA Champions League goals for the club on Wednesday.

The Frenchman netted twice in Real's 6-0 drubbing of Galatasaray at the Santiago Bernabeu to join an elite group of players:

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Karim Benzema becomes the fourth player in #UCL history to score 50 goals in the competition for a single club: ud83cudde6ud83cuddf7 Lionel Messi (113) ud83cuddf5ud83cuddf9 Cristiano Ronaldo (105) ud83cuddeaud83cuddf8 Raul (66) ud83cuddebud83cuddf7 Karim Benzema (50) Three out of four for Real Madrid.