If Benzema spent the majority of his career in Madrid, it was in Lyon that it all started for him. There, his trace is eternal.
There are evenings in a career to mark with a hot iron. Nights when the stars come closer to you and can swing you into a mellow galaxy that feels like heaven. Some will claim that a defeat against Liverpool will not deprive Karim Benzema of his four Champions League gleaned with the Casa Blanca but this Saturday, the stakes will be greater, even more intense.
A success at the Stade de France would almost give him the Ballon d’Or. History is full of symbols. To enter the firmament definitively, the Madrid native will play the most important match of his life in his country which initially hated him to the point where only 10% of the population wanted to see him play Euro 2016 before he did. turns public opinion in his favor thanks to his masterful performances.
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