Pedro Vs Benzema

Lol if he was a mifielder that is who he would resemble most.

Benzema easily.
Pedro is a great finisher who has worked his butt off to get to where he is today.
But as a player Benzema is clearly better.

Pedro.

What has Benzema done that Pedro hasnt?

Pedro has scored in a CL final, CWC final, 3 important goals vs Real Madrid etc etc. His work rate is great, he has the speed, the understanding with other players, his finishing is excellent... he just has everything. The only thing he misses is dribbling, which is the only thing that Benzema is better on.

I don't rate Pedro at all as a CF, so it's not even worth it for me to discuss this comparison. He's a winger. A good one too.

If Benz was so "average", Lyon and the France NT would not have built their entire attacking strategy around him. He is WC and there's no doubt about it. With CR7 hogging the ball, CFs in Madrid have it very tough right now... they almost need to take the play away from CR7 to get theirs. Higuain is having the same issues.

When CR7 was injured, Benz dominated play at Madrid last March. He was the focal point. People also quickly dismiss the fact that he has scored the 3rd most goals in Europe in 2011, behind CR7 and Messi.

DV7 wrote:Pedro.

What has Benzema done that Pedro hasnt?

Pedro has scored in a CL final, CWC final, 3 important goals vs Real Madrid etc etc. His work rate is great, he has the speed, the understanding with other players, his finishing is excellent... he just has everything. The only thing he misses is dribbling, which is the only thing that Benzema is better on.

Ummm... how about carry Lyon to 2 straight Ligue 1 wins and a CL semi. Huge goals throughout the CL with 19 goals in 32 games. 30 goals in a season at the age of 20 and 23 goals at the age of 21. When he finally won the job at Madrid this past December, he managed 26 goals while only starting 31 games... with big goals against Lyon, Sevilla, etc.

The better question is what has Pedro done with any consistency to be even mentioned with Benzema?

Benzema is doing great at the moment. Pedro is the more consistent but Benzema is clearly the more talented player.

Btw, answering LMs argument, he was the whole attack for Real Madrid. Assisted the Özil goal, troubled the defence for Barca the whole time, he provided a assist for the Ronaldo goal (only thing was it flicked Ramos abit, but he is the one who deserves the credit) and scored a goal. You talk like tap ins are so easy...

Tbh, even when Benzema doesn't score he does great, he plays as a false 9 and his role is also to distrubute as much as score, and he did that against Barca.

And look at France, he is also their whole attack, every goal goes through him.

I'd have Benzema in my team anyday over Pedro.

Pedro is a great specialist and that's it Benz > him otherwise

Benzema.

Are people rating Benzema higher cause he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Benz has only won the ligue 1s when there is 0 competition in the league while Pedro has performed nearly all big games (compared to Benz who has performed in few) and set a fantastic record in his sextuple season.

Benz is more complete, yet Pedro has done far more then him and can brag about it.

Benzema, we saw what he could do in the second half of last season he is a bit inconsistent other than that when Benz is playing at his best > Pedro.

Imo Pedro has reached his ceiling, but Benz is only getting started.

Arquitecto wrote:Are people rating Benzema higher cause he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Benz has only won the ligue 1s when there is 0 competition in the league while Pedro has performed nearly all big games (compared to Benz who has performed in few) and set a fantastic record in his sextuple season.

Benz is more complete, yet Pedro has done far more then him and can brag about it.

19 goals in 32 CL appearances says you have no idea what you're talking about... CL games are all big, especially when you don't have Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, etc. feeding you the ball.

Arquitecto wrote:Are people rating Benzema higher cause he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Benz has only won the ligue 1s when there is 0 competition in the league while Pedro has performed nearly all big games (compared to Benz who has performed in few) and set a fantastic record in his sextuple season.

Benz is more complete, yet Pedro has done far more then him and can brag about it.

you are blaming benzema for not being lucky enough to play in so many competition like pedro did with this amazing barca.

and there were 0 competition in ligue 1 when benzema won it? really?

for the record, benzema was a massive piece of that winning team, i dont think it's the same status pedro hold within barca's team

sportsczy wrote:

Arquitecto wrote:Are people rating Benzema higher cause he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Benz has only won the ligue 1s when there is 0 competition in the league while Pedro has performed nearly all big games (compared to Benz who has performed in few) and set a fantastic record in his sextuple season.

Benz is more complete, yet Pedro has done far more then him and can brag about it.

19 goals in 32 CL appearances says you have no idea what you're talking about... happens often with you. What;s your deal? lol

Crucial goals Sportczy. I'm talking about goals that are scored in the most dire times of need. 19 in 32 games is impressive yet few of them are crucial as Pedro's goals.

Yes, Benz did not receive the chances Pedro has but thats not Pedro's fault as Pedro has accomplished far more then Benz at this stage as pedro has earned it with his big match exploits.

Benz definetely has the potential and gift to surpass that his default status does not mean he is better then Pedro.

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especially when you don't have Iniesta, Messi, Xavi, etc. feeding you the ball.

How can I really debate here when you provide such ridiculous opinions like this?

Take this debate to the Barca section and I guarantee you'll regret this thought.

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:

Arquitecto wrote:Are people rating Benzema higher cause he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Benz has only won the ligue 1s when there is 0 competition in the league while Pedro has performed nearly all big games (compared to Benz who has performed in few) and set a fantastic record in his sextuple season.

Benz is more complete, yet Pedro has done far more then him and can brag about it.

you are blaming benzema for not being lucky enough to play in so many competition like pedro did with this amazing barca.

and there were 0 competition in ligue 1 when benzema won it? really?

for the record, benzema was a massive piece of that winning team, i dont think it's the same status pedro hold within barca's team

Your actually argueing on how Ligue 1 wasn't a one horse race with Lyon's dominant period?

If I can remember, they won the 04-05 season by 12 points. 05-06 by 15 points. 06-07 by 17 points as although the final season did show some fight by a rising bordeux who went on to win it next season.

Lets admit it, Ligue 1 was at a weak point at that time and really did not have much strength except OL who showed only modest progress in the CL.

Benz' exploits with Lyon were excellent as there isn't more he couldn't done but considering the position of the other french teams, he'll have to truly test himself in the La Liga now.

fair enough, but being the focal point of lyon at such a young age, and performing as well as he did in league and CL is no meager achievement.

it's not as if he was walking in the goals with the ball, he became lyon attack on his own, to the extent that if he was struggling they were struggling. I think it was quite an amazing feat.

problem is, he went through an awful time when transferring to madrid, to his fault, and now people are acting as if he is a scrub.

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:fair enough, but being the focal point of lyon at such a young age, and performing as well as he did in league and CL is no meager achievement.

Definitely is not and not by any means as I was green with envy when RM got him as my fanship of him remains to this day.

I'm simply saying its can't be really measured against Pedro's achievements which has been done at the ultimate level in football (La Liga, CL, WC) in which he has been vital to the teams he has won with.

Benz? I predict he will most definitely surpass pedro yet its simply unfair ATM to call him better due to potential and his achivements so far.

But I'm glad Benz is receiving the chances now as his fight from being a frozen out and overweight player on the bench to their best striker was quite an impressive feat and doing that in the biggest club in the world makes it even more impressive.

Well he did play well vs United when playing for Lyon.

EarlyPrototype wrote:Well he did play well vs United when playing for Lyon.

Played well against barca for lyon too

I just want to tikki taka

Talent wise Benz is better no doubt, that said I would still prefer Pedro to be in my team as he is more specialised in what we need

If you ask Guardiola to swap Pedro for Benzema, how many seconds he will take to respond with:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

ChollaVille wrote:If you ask Guardiola to swap Pedro for Benzema, how many seconds he will take to respond with:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Actually he will take a maximum of 5 seconnds.Didn't take long for him to swap Pedro with Sanchez and Sanchez is half the player Benzema is.