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If Karim Benzema wants to win back the hearts of Al-Ittihad supporters, he will have to go about it differently…
Karim Benzema’s second season in Saudi Arabia has started badly. After a very complicated first season, which saw him taken against by some of the Al-Ittihad supporters and being sidelined by Marcelo Gallardo this winter, the French striker (36 years old) distinguished himself again in the wrong way, Friday evening.
While his team was playing its second pre-season friendly match against FC Seville, on the Sanchez-Pizjuan pitch, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner was given the opportunity to open the scoring from a penalty in the 18th minute.e minute of play. But his shot ended up off target, about half a meter from the Andalusian goalkeeper’s right post.
Lucas Ocampos does better than Karim Benzema
A miss that “KB9” was unable to make up for afterwards, Al-Ittihad having lost (0-1) on a goal from Lucas Ocampos, who himself succeeded in his penalty (42e). For Laurent Blanc, appointed coach of the Saudi club two weeks ago, this is a second defeat in two games after the one suffered six days earlier against Elche (0-2).
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