In group stage of the UEFA Champions League on December 8, 2016, Real Madrid’s made a 2-2 draw with Dortmund, in which Benzema made two goals. He scored in 3 consecutive Champions League, made 50 goals in his Champions League career, and became the sixth player in the Champions League history who has scored more than half a hundred goals (excluding goals made in qualifiers). On January 13, 2017, in the second leg of the Copa del Rey semi finals, Real Madrid’s made a 3-3 draw with Sevilla. In the 93rd minute of this game, Benzema scored the goal that tied the game and thus making the team to advance in the Copa del Rey finals. At the same time, it also helped Real Madrid to set up its unbeaten record of 40 consecutive games, creating the longest unbeaten record in the history of the Spanish club. On 15 February 2017, in the first leg of 2016–17 UEFA Champions League round of 16 against Napoli, Benzema scored Real Madrid’s first goal in an eventual 3–1 home win, which was his 51st goal in this competition. Overtaking Thierry Henry, Benzama ranked number 5 on the list of all-time Champions League top scorers, and became the French player that made the most goals in Champions League.On March 19, in La Liga Real Madrid’s 2-1 victory over Athletic Bilbao, Benzema scored his 119th goal in La Liga, tied with Amancio Amaro and made into the top 10 on the Real Madrid’s La Liga history scorer list. This victory was also Benzema’s 250th victory in Real Madrid. On April 3, in the La Liga Real Madrid’s 3-0 victory over Alaves, Benzema made the first goal of the match, which was his 120th league goal representing Real Madrid. This goal not only helped Benzema ranked the 9th place in Real Madrid’s La Liga scorer list (none of the 120 league goals were penalties), but it also helped Benzema complete the kill against the La Liga teams—— he scored against all 31 teams he has played against in La Liga.On May 11, in the second round of the Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Benzema got hold of the ball on the left side in the 41st minute of the game. While facing a double-team of three , Benzema walked outside, passing all 3 players, and sent off a wonderful pass. Isco followed up with a supplementary shot and scored the goal. With this away goal, Real Madrid eventually advanced to the Champions League final with a total score of 4-2. In the 2016-17 season, Benzema scored 11 goals in La Liga and 7 goals in the Champions League, helping Real Madrid win the La Liga, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.In the match Real Madrid against Barcelona of the second round of the Spanish Super Cup on August 17, 2017, Benzema stopped the ball before the penalty area in the 39th minute and made a sideway score, which helped Real Madrid win 2-0 over Barcelona, and won the Spanish Super Cup with a total score of 5-1 .On May 2, 2018, in the second round of the Champions League semi-final match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Benzema scored 2 goals, which helped Real Madrid made a 2-2 tie, eliminated their opponents with a total score of 4-3, and advanced to the Champions League finals for three consecutive years. Benzema was the third player in the history of Real Madrid to score 2 goals or more in a single Champions League semi-final, and the first French player to score 2 goals in the Champions League semi-final.
This is the 12th time Benzema has scored twice in the Champions League in his career, ranking number 4 in the history of the European League while tying with Philip Inzaghi. On May 27, in the UEFA Champions League final against Liverpool, Benzema took advantage of the badly throw of Loris Carrius, the opposing goalkeeper, and made the first goal in the 51st minute of the match forReal Madrid. He became the first Frenchman to score in the Champions League finals after Zidane. He eventually helped the team win 3-1, achieving three consecutive Champions League titles. In the 2017-18 season, Benzema represented the team in 47 appearances, scored 12 goals, and made 11 assists.
