John Aldridge has compared Real Madrid talisman Karim Benzema to a bottle of Rioja who has got better with age ahead of the Champions League final against Liverpool.France striker Benzema has scored a staggering 44 goals in 45 appearances for Los Blancos this season.The Madrid captain is the leading scorer in the 2021-22 Champions League, finding the back of the net 15 times in 11 matches including back-to-back hat-tricks against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.Benzemas penalty settled a pulsating semi-final second leg against Manchester City and the 34-year-old also helped himself to a Rick Barry Jersey brace in the first leg.Former Liverpool striker Aldridge spoke of his admiration for the prolific Benzema ahead of Saturdays Champions League showdown atStade de France.He told Stats Perform: I always thought that Benzema was a good player. But what hes done the last couple of years, and theyve had the big players leave, hes become like a bottle of wine.Hes matured very well. Hes got better with age, which I did, because I was a late developer. I found the older I got, the more experience I got, the better I was.I played until I was nearly 40. He has Yao Ming Jersey a great football brain and all I can say is, hes like a nice bottle of Rioja, red, that is. Hes matured very, very well. And its very expensive.Aldridge stre sed that the Reds must P. J. Tucker Jersey not allow 36-year-old midfield maestro Luka Modric to dictate the final in Paris.Its down the middle, we can hurt them in certain places, he said. Vinicius Junior and Benzema, for me are our main threat.They have great players all over the pitch. In midfield, Modric, what a player, what a player he is, whatever age he is, I watched him against Man City, you let him run the show.And Ive seen him run the show for Tottenham at Liverpool, one of the best appearances Ive ever seen from an away player. Some years ago, we got beat, and he was unbelievable.So, you cant give him any room. Youve got to watch the space in behind Trent Alexander-Arnold , obviously where theyll capitalise with the pace of Vinicius.And Benzema, you cant give him any room in the box, theyre the main threats. When youve got Sadio Mane, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah, theyve David Nwaba Jersey got a little bit to think about as well.Aldridge also hailed Madrid bo s Carlo Ancelotti, who won the LaLiga title for the first time this season after leaving Everton for a second spell in the Spanish capital.He said: Apart from Everton? Its mad with Ancelotti, he went to Everton and walked away, and he Robert Covington Jersey got another crack at Madrid which to be quite honest, how that has happened is like, its crazy isnt it?And hes been brilliant. You have to say hes very intelligent, hes a cla s act, hes been in these occasions quite a few times as we know. He has set the stall out, hes right up there with the best coaches and managers in the world. Absolutely.