2023-12-27 12:30:55
Already seriously heckled in Saudi Arabia, Karim Benzema is still taking a hit following his team’s rout once morest Al-Nassr. Nothing is going well for KB9.
It was the long-awaited match since the start of the Saudi Pro League season, and if it was rich in goals (2-5), the clash between Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr did not reach new heights on the technical side. However, we found two of the greatest footballers in history face to face, since Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo started at kick-off. If CR7 scored a double from the penalty spot, but did not really shine, the 2022 Ballon d’Or was transparent, which allowed Abderrazak Hamed Allah, his Moroccan teammate, to shine. But following this yet another defeat for Al-Ittihad, KB9 was lit up and even mocked, including in the French press which necessarily closely followed this Saudi Arabian championship match broadcast live on Canal+.
Benzema mocked by the French press
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In the columns of L’Equipe, we point out that the reunion between Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo, who had worked together for a long time at Real Madrid, is not flattering for the French star. “ Remembering his long and fruitful collaboration with Ronaldo, the Frenchman, offensively clumsy, distinguished himself by delivering “a decisive pass” to his former friend by clumsily conceding the equalizing penalty shortly following the quarter of an hour of play His 48th offering for the Portuguese in his career », openly mocks the sports daily. In Le Parisien, we are harsh with Karim Benzema, but we do not go as far as L’Equipe: “ Benzema, heckled by the Saudi press and public, for his part missed the point. With zero shots on the clock at the break, he missed the 3-2 with a header in the 53 minute. Then in the 59 minute on an interesting chest-volley control sequence. In a bad patch, the French striker (9 goals and 4 assists in 15 games) is preparing to face new criticism. Even if he is not really helped by his teammates, like N’Golo Kanté. Al-Ittihad, reigning champion, suffered its third defeat in a row this Tuesday evening, which leaves it 22 lengths behind leader AlHilal. Bad times for the 2022 Ballon d’or ».
Nicknamed Karim Ben-Hazima (Editor’s note: The son of defeat) by Al-Ittihad supporters, the 36-year-old French player will have to draw on these criticisms to get back on track. Otherwise, his choice to leave Real Madrid to join the Saudi Pro League risks coming back to him like a boomerang, because a little more than a year following winning the Ballon d’Or, the KB9 who dominated European football at decisive goal shots were lost.
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