World Football: Karim Benezema Scores the Only Goal You Need to See This Weekend

Marco van Basten, meet Karim Benzema. He's the guy that just recreated your most famous goal.

Benzema, a 24-year-old Real Madrid striker, scored a stunner on Saturday in his team's 5-1 victory over Osasuna in La Liga. It was so stunning, in fact, that it instantly brought to mind one of football's all-time great goals.

Here's what happened. First, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo drove down the left channel and lofted a gorgeous pass across the face of goal, which Benzema volleyed from just outside the six-yard box into the net for Real's opening goal.

Benzema's goal was an easy selection for B/R's best of the weekend. And if it looked familiar, there's a reason for that.

On June 25, 1988, Marco van Basten scored a remarkably similar volley for the Netherlands against the USSR in the final of Euro 88.

Benzema, if you're wondering, had turned six months old six days earlier.

Van Basten's effort is rightly considered an all-time goal, so logic would imply that Benzema's goal will now enter the pantheon. How similar are the two? Here's a side-by-side comparison.

What do you say? Does Benzema's goal match up with the Marco van Basten classic?

On a side note, Jose Mourinho is now giving post-game press conferences again after a brief hiatus. I guess that's what happens when one of your striker recreates an all-time great goal.