Karim Benzema is a Real Madrid legend and official voice to analyze the current state of the club, which faces another season without a trophy. The French striker was blunt and honest in an Instagram session with the rapper Rohff on Thursday evening.
He compared what is happening now at Luis Enrique’s PSG with a Real Madrid team very different from what he experienced. “At PSG, you line up the starting line-up, they play and play… The coach makes a substitution in the 60th or 70th minute and those who come on contribute more than those who started the game. And they are supposed to be substitutes, can you believe that? Everyone knows what they have to do and what they have to contribute,” he said.
“The starter knows that and so does the backup. And the bench guy isn’t mad. Now they have a starless team, apart from Ousmane Dembelewho won the Ballon d’Or, but it doesn’t matter… They press, they defend, they attackhe said.The best known at PSG is Luis Enrique. But this is a real team. Whoever you put forward, they all work together and the alternates do equally well. That’s why they’re so good,” he summed up.
“That’s exactly what Benzema misses at Real Madrid.At Madrid it’s more complicated because you don’t play as much as a team. Today he suffers because he does not play as a team. I will shine, no problem, but without you I cannot shine,” reflected the Al Ittihad striker.
Future as a coach
Finally, Benzema ruled out a possible return as a player to Olympique Lyonas he sees himself more as a youth coach. “I can’t. Coach? I don’t know. Maybe. I want to start training the younger ones. I don’t like the training they get. I would like to be close to the young players. That’s something I have in mind. I want to explain to them how I see football,” he said.
Upon his return to the French national team, Benzema was excited to return with Zidanealthough it seems unlikely. “If I continue to perform and stay in shape, you never know. If there’s a place… In any case, I’ll do everything I can to stay in shape.”