2022 was undoubtedly the best year of Karim Benzema’s football career. French striker awarded Golden Ball In the twilight of his career, at the age of 34 (he turned 35 on 19 December), thanks to 44 goals scored in 46 games played in the 2021-2022 season. Them, real Madrid He will achieve successes such as the fourteenth Champions League, La Liga, European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup.
His contribution to the team led by Carlo Ancelotti was key to understanding the good going of the Madrid club, where he was the captain and acted as the absolute leader. Wearing white, his 617 official matches and 329 goals confirm his legendary figure, who has been at the Santiago Bernabéu since arriving from Olympique de Lyon in the summer of 2009.
When Cristiano Ronaldo and the other stars got all the attention in the Real Madrid dressing room and Benzema had to adapt (emphasize less) to the needs of his teammates, the offensive player, the French player, with great connotation capacity, stepped onto the pitch. Of course, he reached the peak of his career, not only in terms of scoring, but also in terms of football maturity, making stellar appearances at many vital moments.
For example: Hat-tricks (3-1, 3-2) total to help his team complete their comeback (3-1, 3-2) against PSG in the second leg of the last 16 rounds of the biggest competition on the continent Stamford Bridge Against Chelsea in the first leg of the quarter-finals. ‘9’ also made an attack at Manchester City’s home in the first leg of the semi-final and scored and assisted in the second match.
Bad relationship with Deschamps
Beyond the physical problems that burdened him towards the end of 2022, the only flaw that shined the most of the year was his relationship with the French coach. Didier Deschamps which cost him his participation in the World Cup in Qatar.
Striker and selector already had pros and cons in the past. In fact, the Lyon-born player did not play a single match with Les Bleus between 2015 and 2021 (Benzema played despite his long absence from the French team). 97 matches and scored 37 goals representing his country). The situation seemed to have improved as France played a pivotal role in the 2021 World Cup qualifiers and even went to Qatar, but everything went wrong when the attacker was slightly injured.
Although the team’s doctor will be able to play for France from the last 16, Frank LeGal At Deschamps’ orders, he informed Benzema that he had to abandon concentration before the World Cup began. A week later, after doing healing work in Valdebebas, Benzema was on vacation and had fully recovered from his injury.
Meanwhile, the French teacher answered. “next question” When journalists asked the Real Madrid striker to explain his situation at a press conference, who announced his retirement from the national team following the end of the World Cup and played an exemplary role in supporting his teammates throughout the tournament through messages posted on his social networks. .
2022 was undoubtedly the best year of Karim Benzema’s football career. French striker awarded Golden Ball In the twilight of his career, at the age of 34 (he turned 35 on December 19), thanks to 44 goals scored in 46 games played in the 2021-2022 season. Them, real Madrid He will achieve successes such as the fourteenth Champions League, La Liga, European Super Cup and Spanish Super Cup.
His contribution to the team led by Carlo Ancelotti was key to understanding the good going of the Madrid club, where he was the captain and acted as the absolute leader. Wearing white, his 617 official matches and 329 goals confirm his legendary figure, who has been at the Santiago Bernabéu since arriving from Olympique de Lyon in the summer of 2009.
An offensive player with great associative capacity was exploited to the maximum when Cristiano Ronaldo and other stars monopolized the spotlight in the Real Madrid dressing room and Benzema had to adapt (emphasize less) to the needs of his teammates in all the implications of all this. Not only in terms of scoring goals, but also in terms of football maturity, he reached the peak of his career and made stellar appearances at many vital moments.
For example: hat-tricks (3-1, 3-2) total to help his team complete their comeback (3-1, 3-2) against PSG in the second leg of the last 16 rounds of the biggest competition on the Continent, or Stamford Bridge Against Chelsea in the first leg of the quarter-finals. ‘9’ also made an attack at Manchester City’s home in the first leg of the semi-finals and scored and assisted in the second match.
Bad relationship with Deschamps
Beyond the physical problems that burdened him towards the end of 2022, the only flaw that shined the most of the year was his relationship with the French coach. Didier Deschamps which cost him his participation in the World Cup in Qatar.
Striker and selector already had pros and cons in the past. In fact, the Lyon-born player did not play a single game with Les Bleus between 2015 and 2021 (Benzema played despite his long absence from the French team). 97 matches and scored 37 goals representing his country). The situation seemed to have improved as France played a pivotal role in the 2021 World Cup qualifiers and even went to Qatar, but everything went wrong when the attacker was slightly injured.
Although the team’s doctor will be able to play for France from the last 16, Frank LeGal At Deschamps’ orders, he informed Benzema that he had to abandon concentration before the World Cup began. A week later, after doing rescue work in Valdebebas, Benzema went on vacation fully recovered from his injury.
Meanwhile, the French teacher answered. “next question” When journalists asked the Real Madrid striker to explain his situation at a press conference, who announced his retirement from the national team following the end of the World Cup and played an exemplary role in supporting his teammates throughout the tournament through messages posted on his social networks. .