The French striker is more than ever the boss of a Real in transition, between the era of Cristiano Ronaldo and the next, perhaps that of Kylian Mbappé.
«There is no favourite”claimed Karim Benzema before the 8e first leg of the Champions League and this loss of Real Madrid in Paris (1-0), mid-February. There was however a team well above the other, on the lawn of the Parc des Princes. A match that the French had almost missed, he who had not played for three weeks.
His return to business, however, did not allow the club with 13 C1 titles to compete with PSG. “It was FC Fantomas”summarizes Omar Da Fonseca, beIN Sports consultant. It is not clear where to place the cursor on the first leg. These are the communicating vessels. Paris was better than usual but Real, less well. It will really be something else on the way back predicts Greg Paisley, also a consultant for beIN.
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If they’ll be without the suspended Casemiro and Ferland Mendy and possibly the uncertain Toni Kroos, Madridistas won’t have a choice: “They will be forced to come and get the Parisians”, notes Paisley. A register…
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