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For many players, adaptation to Real Madrid was not an easy task. And Karim Benzema, today in Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, knows something about it.
Invited to compare his beginnings in the Merengue jersey to those of Kylian Mbappé, who seems to have found his cruising rate after a few months of adjustment, the 2022 Golden Ball wanted to bring nuances. According to KB9, their arrival contexts are very different, since it was much younger than the Bondynois when he joined Madrid in July 2009 from Olympique Lyonnais.
“He knows that in Madrid, if you fail, they kill you”
“His situation is different from mine. I arrived very young, at 21, and he at 25. It's not the same thing “explained the fivefold Ballon d'Or in an interview with El Chiringuito. “He knows that in Madrid, if you fail, they kill you. The pressure is enormous and he knows it. You can win the Ballon d'Or or what you want, if you don't score for three consecutive games, it starts again. »»
“He must learn to live with that. He must also put good pressure. Each match is a new opportunity to score goals. You have been recruited to score goals only. He has the level, he has everything to succeed “continued the native of Bron.
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