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Karim Benzema has 20 goals for Real Madrid so far this season, but that's not what everyone has been talking about in regards to the French striker.

Instead, Benzema has mostly been in the news for various run-ins witht the law and various appearances in various courtrooms.

We thought everything was on its way to settling itself, but we were wrong. Benzema finds himself banned from the French National Team until his legal troubles sort themselves out, putting his Euro 2016 in doubt.

Three-time biter Luis Suarez is returning to action with Uruguay after serving a nine-match international ban for taking a piece out of Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup. Suarez is now set to feature for Uruguay in their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Brazil and Peru.  

Suarez was forced to miss the 2015 Copa America and the first four matches of 2018 CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying while also serving a four-month ban regarding all football-related activities with the national team. 

It was only a matter of time before we featured Cristiano Ronaldo in our “18 Seconds of” series. With the advent of social media, his good looks and incredible skills, Ronaldo is arguably the biggest celebrity to ever grace the world of soccer. We don’t focus too much on that celebrity in the following video, but it is the subject of two out the three articles we have selected below in order to teach you more about the Portuguese star.

Paul Pogba

Current Club: Juventus

Height: 6’3

Age: 23

Apps / Goals: 176 / 31

Position: Central Midfield

Chance he goes to Manchester United: 9%

The last day of Champions League Round of 16 featured four world-renowned teams. Arsenal traveled to FC Barcelona hoping to make up a 2-0 aggregate deficit, while Bayern Munich and Juventus were tied at two. 

Neymar made his professional debut when he was just 17 years old. He was still a kid, with idols and a need to prove himself, and probably had no idea how much success he would eventually see. Seven years later, Neymar is a part of one of the greatest teams of all time, and has done enough to surpass Neymar’s greatest idol as a child: Robinho.

Poor Cristiano Ronaldo just can't get a cup of tea. The Portuguese phenom was only trying to have a nice calming cup of chamomile but then, well, just watch. 

We wouldn't blame you for thinking that Lionel Messi has broken every record worth breaking at Barcelona. He has smashed a lot of them. Most goals for Barcelona in La Liga, most goals for Barcelona in the Champions League, most goals in a calendar year and so on and so forth. 

Lionel Messi became the first player to score 20+ goals in 8 successive La Liga seasons today.

Another record  pic.twitter.com/FaTE6D07Vc

Under the reign of Louis van Gaal, Paul Scholes has labeled Manchester United a shamble, a team devoid of creativity, risk and and an unmitigated disaster. His criticism of the current regime has been so fierce that he’s been forced to deny having a personal bias against van Gaal and the current crop of Manchester United players.