Ancelotti talks about Benzema’s crisis with France… Hazard’s conditions and the pressure of the matches

The Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti spoke real MadridOn the condition of his players, above all Karim Benzema, before returning to activity and facing Valladolid in the Spanish league.

It will remain standing real Madrid To face Valladolid, Wednesday December 30, in the Spanish league.

Karim Benzema had left the training camp of the French national team before the start of his career at the World Cup, where he was told his injury would not allow him to participate in any of the tournament’s matches, which his agent denied, furthermore the participation of the owner of the Ballon d’Or in friendly matches with Real Madrid during the World Cup.

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Ancelotti said at the press conference for the Valladolid match: “We have arrived well here, with a passion to return. Benzema has returned well, the players have returned from the holidays after the World Cup in good health, regardless of the fact that I will give priority to the players who have remained here, apart from Mariano who has a sprain and will not be there tomorrow. “

And he added: “Benzema is back to work with the team, he is back after 10 days off for the World Cup, he played 30 and 45 minutes in friendlies and he feels happy, with enormous enthusiasm, he will show all his skills in this season .”

And he added: “I won’t get into France’s decision with Benzema. They assessed Karim’s conditions in a moment and thought he wouldn’t have the chance to play in the entire World Cup.”

He added: “The player came back here with great enthusiasm, very excited. He knows the first half of the season wasn’t so good and he wants to show his stuff in the second half.

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On the difficulties after the World Cup, he said: “Assessing what will happen is very complicated. It’s a calendar that requires a lot. We have the Spanish Super Cup and the Club World Cup.” Until March we have many games and we need to make a personal assessment of the player. You have to get the players fit. The World Cup had to rest, there are no rest days, until February 19 we will play every three days ”.

And on Eden Hazard, he said: “Hazard has trained well and I see him better than he was before the World Cup, he did a good job. With many games to come, he will be one of the players I will use.

On the team’s defensive problems: “The clean sheet is not only for Courtois, but for everyone. Right now we defended worse than last year and now is the time to do better.”

And on whether the 2022 World Cup in Qatar put an end to the ‘tiki-taka’ style of play, he said: ‘No, I’ve always said there is no single way to play soccer, and even passing balls “It’s important. The key is to read the situations in the match, because a lot happens in 90 minutes. Sometimes you can’t be so obsessed with touching the ball once and making the pass, you can win with counter-attacks or other things.