Nominated for the Ballon d’Or 2021, French striker Karim Benzema, Real Madrid striker, assured in an interview with the Spanish newspaper AS who has dreamed of winning the award since he was little.
“Of course I’ll do everything possible and I’ll work as hard as possible to get this great trophy, to hopefully win it one day and fulfill that dream I’ve had since I was a child,” said the striker.
Top scorer of the current season of the Spanish Championship, with nine goals in eight matches, Benzema evolved as soon as he took the lead in the Spanish team’s attack after the departure of Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who went to Juventus and is now at Manchester United.
“The important thing is that now people like my football and I feel happy and very proud,” he said, noting that “there are strikers today who, over thirty years old, are more effective, maintain great form and can do much more. goals, in addition to offering more football to the team”.
Benzema will be on the field this Sunday with France against Spain in the League of Nations final. “I’m sure it’s going to be a great final. Spain are a very young team, but with a lot of talent and I hope to see a beautiful and close game that makes people happy, which is what the players want,” he said.
The striker added that he really enjoys playing alongside Kylian Mbappé. “He’s a young man with a lot of quality. He’s a phenomenon for his football and for his age. He’s very good and he’s a very good guy,” he said. I love playing with him and also with Griezmann, who moves well in small spaces,” he concluded.
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