He was only to miss one game. Hit in the hamstring against Elche on January 23, the tricolor striker had missed this Cup duel against Athletic. An absence which was above all presented as a kind of forced rest and which fell almost at the right time with this international break at the end of the first month of the year. But obviously, it’s more serious than expected… The native of Bron will also miss the weekend match against Villarreal, and is presented as very uncertain for this decisive duel against Paris on Tuesday evening.
Inevitably, the Spanish media and socios are rather worried. The team’s offensive reference, Karim Benzema therefore has an importance in Carlo Ancelotti’s system, which it is useless to go back to as it is so obvious. Without the player trained at OL, it’s a completely different scenario for the Merengues against PSG, while in Spain, most observers placed Carlo Ancelotti’s team as a slight favorite.
Ancelotti and Pérez singled out
But above all, rather than lamenting the fate of the Frenchman, many are beginning to criticize Carlo Ancelotti. In several major publications in Spain, such as the newspaper AS or the reference program El Larguero of the SER padlock, the Italian has received criticism over his handling of the KB9 case, who he wouldn’t give enough rest to. A zero rotation policy at the forefront of the attack which is largely responsible for the current situation. Clearly, we do not understand why in slightly less important La Liga matches, for example, Benzema is not spared, from the height of his 34 years.
Of course, Ancelotti is not the only one to be singled out, since the leaders are also questioned. How is it possible that a club like Real Madrid doesn’t have a guaranteed double up front? This is the question many people ask… “Real Madrid knew they needed another striker, but as everything is on stand-by because of Mbappé, they waited. Wait, and pray (so that Benzema does not get hurt, editor’s note)…”could we listen on the SER padlock, where it was learned that Real Madrid could have signed Dusan Vlahovic last summer but ultimately refused, so as not to end up with too many world-class strikers next summer. Needless to say that in the country of Cervantes, no one really believes in Mariano and Luka Jovic to hurt the Parisian defense …