Sunday night, Real Madrid regained the lead in La Liga by dominating Espanyol de Barcelona (1-0). A precious victory after which Zinedine Zidane warmly thanked Karim Benzema.
In the first part of the season, Karim Benzema was already the key man of Real Madrid. But since the resumption of the Spanish championship, after the coronavirus health crisis, KB9 has downright become the providential man of the team of Zinedine Zidane, as was Cristiano Ronaldo in his time. After scoring three goals in four games, the French striker again brought home precious points from the White House in the race for the title. Not by scoring, but by delivering a sumptuous decisive pass, in tailgating during the race, for the striker Casemiro. A beautiful achievement, registered just before half-time, which was enough for the happiness of the Merengue, who took over the leader’s chair with two points ahead of Barça.
After the meeting in Catalonia, Zidane did not hesitate to congratulate his 32-year-old striker. “For Karim Benzema, yes … I think of genius, I think of this gesture of class, I think of all the people who like to see beautiful football, like me, like you, like all the enthusiasts who like to see this genre gestures. And what is even more beautiful is to see that her boyfriend, Casemiro in this case, knows that Karim can do this kind of action ”, launched, at a press conference, Zizou, who hopes that Benzema will not stop there. Because after having chained five successes in a row since the resumption, Real will need their attacker to go all the way in the league, and notably against Bilbao on July 5 or Villarreal on July 15.
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