It’s an understatement to say that Karim Benzema’s first season in Saudi Arabia has been complicated. Quickly falling out with his coach, Marcelo Gallardo, to the point of being left out of the squad for a while, Al-Ittihad’s star striker has not performed as well as expected in the Saudi Pro League: nine goals and seven assists.
” The pressure has been on me since I was 8 years old, it has built up and turned into ambition.whispers as an introduction a KB9 surveyed on the question by Canal+. This season is not about pressure, it’s about ambition for me. I don’t like to talk about last year, there were a lot of problems. A lot. The most important thing is to look ahead and learn from the mistakes of last season. »
Hope Laurent Blanc
” We weren’t just focused on footballinsists the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner regarding the past year. We have to use these few failures to bounce back. That’s what we’re doing, what we did in preseason with a lot of changes. This season is a new season for us. I’ve done everything I could to strengthen this team. We’re in the best possible conditions. »
The interested party indeed played a key role in the arrival of Laurent Blanc on the bench. A coach that he appreciates and who was also able to validate the tricolor reinforcements that his Moussa Diaby and Houssem Aouar.
We are in the best conditions, judges Karim Benzema. He (Laurent Blanc, editor’s note) is known in Europe, in Qatar too. Here too, people are starting to know him. I really like his playing philosophy, and for a long time, it’s a game based on construction. And he’s someone who knows football. He’s very close to the players. »
