A Carlo Ancelotti Everything became clear just hours before the Spanish Super Cup final was played against Barcelona in Riyadh. Not just because of what he said (“Benzema is back, he’s back”), but because of that secret smile that spread across his face. “He is a very important player for us,” said the Madrid coach. Xavi On the lawn of King Fahd International Stadium.
Ancelotti’s team is incomprehensible without having a tumultuous start to the season, punished by injuries and getting into an argument with the French team. Didier Deschamps He didn’t want to wait. He went to Doha and came back without playing a minute before the World Cup started.
ancelotti happy; benzema, more. They both agreed on the same sentence, barely five hours apart, on a cold and gray day in Riyadh, when the rain beat a few minutes of the sun. “I’m back, yes I’m back“, the Madrid captain admitted with satisfaction that he had overcome one of the most difficult moments that coincided with the time he kissed the Ballon d’Or trophy that accredited him as the best player in the world last season. Messi.
“What happened is already there. I’m fine in my head and in my body. The rest is a complicated past, but that’s it.”
“It’s happened already. I’m fine in my head and in my body too. The rest is a complicated past, but that’s all,” said Benzema dryly, not wanting to say anything about what happened to him with France. Answer questions about that,” he added shortly.
No clue about the future
Benzema, 35 and reaching the top, does not want to look any further. Even when they asked him how long he wanted to be Madrid’s offensive boss. “Even when? I’m in Madrid and I enjoy every practice, every game.… This continues year after year”, the striker explained.
The forward has scored four goals in the last three matches (Valladolid, Villarreal and Valencia). And three penalty kicks
His contract expires in June 2023. So he’s free after six months, but he already has the freedom to negotiate with whoever he wants.. “I can’t tell you when I will stay in Madrid, but I will say that I enjoyed every day I spent in Madrid. What happens in football then…” he has scored four goals in the last three games (two against Valladolid, one against Villarreal and one against Valencia. ). But three of them were penalties.
Additionally, his face, serious and avoiding any complicity with journalists, hardened even more when asked if he had withdrawn from Madrid to better prepare for his World Cup presence. “What can I tell you? I know what I’m doing, I know what Madrid stands for for me. I will never leave my club for anything else.“He said it vigorously to frighten all the doubts that existed about him.
“Delete me? I know what I’ve done, I know what Madrid stands for for me. I will never leave my club for anything else.”
Benzema played four of his six Champions League games before the World Cup. But unmarked. scored yes Madrid’s goal against Eintracht in the European Super Cup (2-0). And the Frenchman played in seven of the first 14 games in the League before the Doha event, scoring five goals as he struggled with muscle injuries.
The Madrid captain got even more serious when he had to answer about it. Cristiano Ronaldowho visited his old team’s training last Friday. However, there is no photograph proving the meeting of the two former Companions. “We don’t need photos to say we’re friends. It’s Instagram and it’s another world,” she replied yes, “I didn’t have time to say hello because I didn’t see it.”