The discomfort suffered by the French forward Karim Benzema in an ankle, that cause his absence in LaLiga against Espanyol, will not prevent their participation in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Liverpool, as confirmed by his coach, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti.
“Karim has had a blow to the ankle and it has swollen. He has tried to recover for this matchhe has not been able to because he has not trained with the team, today he has trained individually and will be there for Wednesday’s game”, confirmed the Real Madrid coach at a press conference.
“He is not touched, he is in very good spirits, very motivated. He is very confident in the season that we are going to do and, like everyone, we live in an environment with confidence because we think that We can play many cards that we have in LaLiga, the Champions League and in the Copa del Rey”, added.
recognized Ancelotti that Benzema’s absences have affected his team, but he sees the French striker at a good moment, convinced that he will provide the best of his levels in the decisive moments of the season.
“It is inevitable that it affects the team because Karim is too important, especially after last year’s season and a player who scores 40 goals, who has not yet reached this level, has affected us a bit”, he confessed.
“We have fixed it in the first part of the season and in the second it has done its thing scoring goals and we think it will be important until the end of the season. not a player who He has to reach his optimal level because he has already done well in matches and we are sure that he will do well until the end. Tomorrow can happen to any footballer. He has a stroke and can’t play,” he added.
Despite the fact that Benzema has not yet renewed his contract with Real Madrid, ‘Carletto’ is confident that he will be there next season. “For me Karim is a player who has spent his whole life at Real Madrid. What is going to happen next year is clear to me, but I am not a magician”.
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