On Wednesday evening, Real Madrid receives Chelsea in the quarter-final first leg of the Champions League. Karim Benzema will be there to help his teammates.
Real Madrid can still win two trophies this season: the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. The Merengue will not have an easy task since they will have to get rid of Chelsea to reach the semi-finals. Subsequently, they will have to do the same with Manchester City or Bayern Munich. To try to win a fifteenth Champions League, Carlo Ancelotti’s men will have to be able to rely on their best players. Karim Benzema, Ballon d’Or title, will undoubtedly have his say. If he does not necessarily realize the expected season for the moment, KB9 will still be a candidate for the Ballon d’Or 2023.
Benzema, the Ballon d’Or already lost?
It’s almost time ☄️ #alhamdulillah ???????????? pic.twitter.com/XdxTLhWmlw
— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) April 10, 2023
However, not everyone is necessarily confident about Karim Benzema. For Alain Roche, even in the event of new exploits in C1, the Frenchman will have to say goodbye to his title: “Benzema Ballon d’Or? No, I can’t imagine it, the first 6 months were marked by injuries. There, he has been shining for a few games. The Champions League is in his DNA. Last season, he overturned incredible matches and made an impression. But there, even if he repeats some performances, I don’t think he deserves to have it this year. But anything can happen and Leo Messi got the Ballon d’Or two years ago. I didn’t understand », in particular indicated the consultant, who is still impatiently awaiting the benefits of Karim Benzema in the Champions League. For the moment, the former Lyonnais has only found the net three times in this 2022-23 Champions League. Chelsea, in bad shape this season despite an XXL recruitment, could therefore be an ideal victim to allow Benzema to hit the mark.
