Wednesday’s 2-2 draw between France and Portugal gave us a unique piece of history that will make an excellent pub quiz answer somewhere along the line.
Which player once scored two goals in the exact same second of a match?
Your answer? Karim Benzema.
Benzema scored both sides in the match and equalized from the penalty spot in the first half before firing Les Bleus with an impressive attack in the second 45 … and somehow both came in exactly the same second.
When Benzema fired his penalty home in the first half stoppage time read at 46:44. When he netted after the break, the clock also read 46:44.
Both Benzema’s goals came in the same second of the match / Alex Pantling / Getty Images
Yes, there are two goals in exactly the same second … technically.
The goals were Benzema’s first since he returned to France this summer. He had been out in the cold since October 2015, and the Real Madrid man admitted that he felt the pressure that it was such an attentive return.
“[I felt] “A lot of joy and pride after scoring,” Benzema told beIN Sports. Everyone was waiting for it. It was that pressure on me, but I’m a football player, a professional and I feed it.
Benzema felt pressured to perform / Franck Fife – Pool / Getty Images
“It’s nice to score goals, and we are also qualified. I wanted to score goals in this team because I know goals are very important in this competition.”
He also told TF1: “There is so much pressure on me. I feel a huge expectation from all over the country, which is normal for me after five or six years of waiting to come back. Today I scored points and I will enjoy this feeling with everyone. “
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