Barcelona Fan Spotted Wearing Benzema Jersey During Galatasaray Game

Barcelona Fan Spotted Wearing Benzema Jersey During Galatasaray Game

Isaac Darko
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:57 PM
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  • A Barcelona fan was so impressed with Karim Benzema's Champions League hat-trick against PSG that he printed the Frenchman's name on his Barca jersey
  • During the game between Barcelona and Galatasaray, a Barcelona fan was seen wearing this season's home shirt with Benzema on the back
  • Paris Saint Germain surrendered a two-goal lead to suffer a defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu as Real Madrid won the last 16 tie 3-2 on aggregate thanks to a Benzema hat-trick

A Barcelona fan was spotted wearing Barcelona 'Benzema 9' jersey at Thursday's match between Barcelona and Galatasaray.

Real Madrid pulled off one of the great Champions League comebacks on Wednesday as Karim Benzema scored a breath-taking hat-trick to dump French giants PSG out in the last 16.

A lot of fans heaped praises on the French striker following his superb performance on Wednesday night, and it turned out that he somehow has fans at Barcelona too.

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Barcelona Fan Spotted With 'Benzema 9' Shirt On His Shirt After Hat-Trick vs PSG. Credit: @sportbible
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A day after Benzema scored the hat-trick, Barcelona played host to Galatasaray at the Camp Nou in a Europa League clash.

During the game, a Barcelona fan was seen wearing this season's home shirt with Benzema on the back.

Memphis Depay is currently Barcelona number nine, but this youngster clearly prefers Benzema.

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Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Mauricio Pochetino has slammed match officials for what he termed a ‘big mistake’ made during his side PSG’s dramatic exit from the Champions League.

The Parisians suffered a shocking collapse at the Santiago Bernabeu as Karim Benzema scored a hat trick to help his side come from behind to claim a 3-2 aggregate win.

At halftime, everything seemed to be going according to plan for PSG as they were leading the game 1-0 thanks to Kylian Mbappe’s crisp finish in the first half.

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Isaac Darko is a La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga editor at Sports Brief with a Degree in Journalism and Communications from Ghana Institute of Journalism (2010)