Flop at Real Madrid, Benzema steps up to the plate

At the club since 2009, Karim Benzema is now the boss of Real Madrid. At 35, the native of Bron has always had exemplary behavior with the Merengues, and became the club’s official captain this year. The French striker even intervened with his coach to come to the aid of Eden Hazard, in big trouble in Spain.

Since his arrival for €115 million in the summer of 2019 from chelsea, Eden Hazard experienced a veritable descent into hell in Spain. This season, the Belgian who recently announced his international retirement, has played only 3 small games with the Meringues in the championship. If he was nevertheless able to make a meeting in the shoes of a holder in the Champions League, hazard owes it a lot to Karim Benzema.

Karim Benzema convinced Ancelotti to play Hazard

On October 11, the real Madrid snatched a draw from Warsaw facing a Shaktar Donetsk whose country is at war. Thanks to Rudiger in stoppage time, Meringues had saved the furniture. This complicated meeting had seen the first tenure ofEden Hazard this season. According to information from Reportearlier this week in October, Karim Benzema came to meet Carlo Ancelotti in order to ask him for a service: make the holder play Eden Hazard so that he can regain his confidence.

Ancelotti appreciated this gesture from Benzema

The Iberian media also reveals that the Italian coach, who moreover followed the advice of Benzema by establishing hazardvery much appreciated this request. Carlo Ancelotti welcomed a strong gesture from his captain for the cohesion of the group.