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Real Madrid’s French coach, Zinedine Zidane, confirmed today, Saturday, that striker Karim Benzema is the joy of football.
Zidane said, during the press conference, “Benzema is a special player, and he is special because of what he does on the field. Benzema is the joy of football for me as a coach, and when he arrived here there was a lot of talk about him, and after 10 years you saw who he is and how much he has improved.” .
Regarding Benzema’s physical condition, the Real Madrid coach revealed: “If there is doubt, I do not like it, and we will not risk it, and those who will participate are 100% ready.”
Zidane stressed the importance of the derby confrontation against arch-neighbor Atletico Madrid, tomorrow, Sunday, as part of the 26th round of La Liga.
He added: “What happened in the past does not help, and we will play a good match tomorrow and that’s all. I don’t know what will happen, but we have to play well against a difficult opponent, who is the leader, and the players like to play this type of match.”