LHe came to Madrid at the age of 21 and has just sat down in the press room at the Helsinki Olympics as the first captain of Real Madrid. The road has been long, not always easy, but today it is Benzema He is for many the best player in the world. The Frenchman flees from these theories and focuses on looking for another season in which his football speaks for him beyond his age.
The match: “The road was very difficult and very good. It’s a dream to be here. We’re ready. We’re going to give everything for it. I hope that, as the coach says, the squad will be better”.
Best in the world: “I’m not the one to say it. My challenge is to give my best every year in my team, always help”.
Challenge: “There is no age, the body is there. We work a lot on the pitch and off it. We have a good squad”.
Titles: “Marcelo’s 25 is not in my head, but I do win every competition with my team. The challenge is never personal, it’s always helping my team to win”.
Without Christian: “I have scored more goals. With him I played in a different way. He helped me a lot on and off the pitch”.
An alternate: “It’s a question for the coach and the president. There are many people who can play as a striker.”
First captain: “I didn’t imagine this when I arrived. I was 21 years old! It’s a pride, for my work since I was little. But nothing has changed, my way of understanding what I have to do is the same”.
Likes about Modric: “Everything. He is a player that I love. He knows how to play with one or two touches. It is a pleasure to train with him. One thing to keep from Luka? His exterior, although I really say that I would keep everything”.
