Christian Benteke – Football Scout

A scoring drought is a striker’s worst nightmare: How do you break the curse?

Romelu Lukaku has struggled at times with Man United, enduring two droughts this season of at least six weeks.

Fernando Torres was struggling. Having scored 72 goals in his first three seasons at Liverpool, he had found the net just once in the first 10 games of what would turn out to be his final half-season at Anfield, in 2010-11.

With Torres’ confidence through the floor, his Liverpool manager at the time, Roy Hodgson, tried something unusual to get the goals flowing again for the Spaniard. In training games, according to an interview with former Liverpool defender Daniel Agger a couple of years…

Juventus created history with an eighth successive Serie A title, clinched by a 2-1 win against Fiorentina. Along the way, Cristiano Ronaldo carved himself a little slice of history. In France, a Kylian Mbappe hat-trick helped PSG seal their eighth Ligue 1 title with a 3-1 stroll against Monaco.
In Spain, Barcelona continued their relentless march to a 26th La Liga title with a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad, maintaining their nine-point lead over Atletico Madrid. Below those two, Zinedine Zidane’s…

Wide-open Benteke puts Palace up at Arsenal

English Premier League: Christian Benteke (17′) Arsenal 0-1 Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke likely out until 2019 after surgery – Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke is unlikely to return until next year after undergoing knee surgery, manager Roy Hodgson said on Thursday.
The 27-year-old has been sidelined since the beginning of September, having withdrawn from the Belgium squad during the last international break.
The Premier League club confirmed on Wednesday that he had undergone minor surgery and a washout of the knee and Hodgson said he is now facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
“There’s no doubt we won’t be…

Belgium squad; Christian Benteke returns, Shaun Maloney joins staff

Belgium manager Roberto Martinez confirms Arsenal legend Thierry Henry will carry on his role as assistant coach ahead of the Nations League.

ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson fully understands Romelu Lukaku’s potential retirement from international football after Euro 2020.
Roberto Martinez has revealed his Belgium squad ahead of their UEFA Nations League campaign, and Christian Benteke has received a recall.
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne and Real Sociedad’s Adnan Januzaj are the only members of the World Cup squad to drop out due to injury.
Strasbourg goalkeeper Matz Sels, once of Newcastle, has also been recalled, while there are first call-ups for Atalanta’s Timothy Castagne, Club Brugge’s Hans Vanaken, Gent midfielder Birger Verstraete and Genk forward…

Crystal Palace’s Christian Benteke set for end-of-season talks, wants to stay

Crystal Palace pushed themselves further away from relegation in style with a rout of Leicester City.

Crystal Palace pushed themselves further away from relegation in style with a rout of Leicester City.
Christian Benteke will discuss his future with Crystal Palace at the end of the season.
The Belgian striker, Palace’s £27 million club-record signing, has endured a frustrating campaign in which only his third goal came in Saturday’s 5-0 victory over Leicester City.
Palace spent £9m recruiting the promising Alexander Sorloth in January, but Benteke, 27, remains committed to the club where he has a contract for a further two years.
He scored from the spot after regular penalty-taker Luka…

Belgium striker Christian Benteke fears he could miss World Cup place

Christian Benteke has scored only twice in 28 games for Palace this season.
Crystal Palace striker Christian Benteke has said his difficult season at club level could mean he misses out on a place in Belgium’s World Cup squad.
Benteke has scored twice in 28 games for Palace, who have struggled in the Premier League. He has not played for Belgium this season and was omitted from the squad for the recent friendly against Saudi Arabia.
He said he felt he was playing well despite a lack of goals but would understand if his recent statistics meant national boss Roberto Martinez…

Crystal Palace won’t sell Christian Benteke or Wilfied Zaha, says Roy Hodgson

Crystal Palace are not looking to sell Christian Benteke.
Roy Hodgson has dismissed reports of Crystal Palace seeking to sell Christian Benteke and also insisted that they intend to keep Wilfried Zaha.
Belgian striker Benteke has struggled throu…

Fastest goals in World Cup, Champions League and Premier League

English Premier League: Christian Eriksen (1′) Tottenham 1-0 Manchester United
Christian Eriksen’s 11 second strike for Tottenham against Manchester United on Wednesday was the second fastest goal in Premier League history. But who else has scored one of the quickest goals of all-time?
8.1 seconds: Christian Benteke (Belgium 6-0 Gibraltar, World Cup qualifier 2017)
Belgium striker Benteke registered the fastest international goal of all time with his 8.1 second effort and it was even more impressive because Gibraltar started with the ball in the centre circle.
The hosts,…

Christian Benteke apologises to Palace teammate for penalty fiasco

Roy Hodgson is unclear how Christian Benteke persuaded Palace’s usual penalty taker, Luka Milivojevic, to let him take the stoppage-time spot kick.
Crystal Palace’s “pantomime villain” Christian Benteke has apologised to manager Roy Hodgson and his teammates for ignoring instructions before missing a stoppage-time penalty against Bournemouth.
Benteke wrestled the ball off regular penalty taker Luka Milivojevic — who had already converted a first-half spot kick — only to see his effort saved by Asmir Begovic as Palace drew 2-2.
Instead of securing a victory that could have taken Palace out of the Premier League’s relegation zone, the 27-year-old…

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