It was a while ago now: in November 2020, Karim Benzema shocked internet users by ordering Ferland Mendy not to play with Vinicius. “Brother, don’t play with him! My mother’s life. He’s playing against us.”had cursed “KB9”, in a sequence filmed before the return to the field for the second half of a Champions League match against Mönchengladbach. Since then, the “Vini” in question has grown up a lot. He was the Merengues’ X factor during the C1 title in 2022 and is now the number 1 danger for Carlo Ancelotti’s team.
“N1”Benzema wrote in the comments of a publication by Vinicius on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, after the European Super Cup won by Real against Atalanta (2-0), in Warsaw (Poland). The Brazilian winger once again wreaked havoc on his left side and unblocked the situation with an action of which he has the secret by offering the opening score to Federico Valverde at the hour mark (59th). It was necessary to have a personal feat against a Bergamo team well in place.
Benzema really likes Vinicius
Karim Benzema praises his former teammate whenever he can. On this Real-Atalanta, he therefore preferred Vinicius’s brilliant performance rather than the very first Madrid goal by Kylian Mbappé, his former attacking partner in the French team during Euro 2021, or the high-quality performance of Jude Bellingham, the other star player of this new Real Madrid.
Having left Casa Blanca a year ago for Saudi Arabia, the 36-year-old Lyonnais begins his new season next week in the Saudi Pro League against Al Kholood. Benzema had been very poorly received in the team that was then the reigning champion. The talent of the 2022 Ballon d’Or, author of 9 goals and 7 assists, did not save Al-Ittihad’s season. The Jeddah club finished its cataclysmic season in 5th place in the Saudi championship, without qualifying for the next Asian Champions League (or even the second interclub competition, called Champions League Two).
