Karim Benzema returned to the French team, he scores, he passes, he treats. In short, the same as with Real Madrid but with a blue jersey. But for the first time since the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, KB Nueve will be on two fronts at the same time. Soon 34 years old, will he be able to avoid the tackles of the FIFA virus?
In any case, we wish you. Nevertheless, the risk does exist and it is not to be minimized. Back with the Blues, Karim Benzema quickly found his marks on the front of the attack. Selected certainly too late to create effective automatisms for the Euro, captain Merengue has chained good performances and goals. Against Belgium, he took out his best stage costume to ridicule the defense of the Red Devils. An exceptional achievement which concluded a strong tricolor moment and derailed the squad of Roberto Martínez.
Top scorer and best assistor in La Liga, KB9 walks on the water. Playing master and real Madrid scorer, he monopolizes space in attack. sovereign Luka Jovic and Mariano Díaz play only the utilities, that is to say the end of matches and the toros in training but little more. Benzema is so important that neither Zinedine Zidane nor Carlo Ancelotti have been able to find a reliable understudy for him. But at the time when ZZ was in office, the former Lyonnais had ideal recovery beaches: international windows. Disconnected for 5 years, the attacker could rest while all the rest of the workforce or almost left to the 4 corners of the world. No endless journeys to undergo, distant lands to explore or sometimes random terrain to survey. Not to mention the pressure reiterated at each gathering on the legitimacy of his presence after his conflicts with the law. These less effort and pressure contributed to Benzema’s performance with the Vikingos.
6 Liga games missed in 3 years!
Now back to a form of normality for a player of this ilk, will he be able to play with the FIFA virus? Between the end of the Nations League, which it would be fashionable to win after the fiasco of last summer and the qualifying matches for the World Cup which look more like traps than beds of roses, the physical expenditure is necessarily increased. At an age when the players are thinking of putting an end to their international career to devote themselves fully to their club, Benzema is doing the opposite, with a tenfold desire after having been away from the Blues for so long.
Could this desire to shine in the selection, individually and collectively, cause him harm as well as Real Madrid? Until then, it was very beneficial for the Casa Blanca. But at the slightest warning, what will be the behavior of the staff? Align him at all costs or change the way he plays with a Jovic who is pretty much anything but a striker with a “Benzemesque” profile? Since Ronaldo left Concha Espina, the Frenchman has only missed 6 league games. His lifestyle and his seriousness on a daily basis are well established. But will his physique support this overload? Obviously, Real Madrid do not seem able to deal with such an eventuality. To govern is to foresee. And if ever the merengue rudder were out of service for a longer or shorter time, the ship would enter into a hell of a period of turbulence.
Francois Miguel Boudet
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