It seems that the difficult draw, which Real Madrid snatched 2-2 at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach yesterday in the second round of the Champions League, was not the only stumbling in the match for the team's players.
A video clip spread like wildfire on social media, showing the French star Karim Benzema, the top scorer of the Meringue, speaking in French with his colleague and fellow countryman Ferland Mendy, and asking him not to pass the ball to their Brazilian colleague Vinicius Junior.
"He's just messing around, don't play with him about my mom's life, he's playing against us," Benzema told Mindy.
It is noteworthy that Benzema’s conversation with Mindy was in front of Vincius, who does not speak French, while Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (who is fluent in French) watched silently.
It is noteworthy that Real Madrid hard-won the draw after the German team was ahead with two clean goals until the 87th minute, before Benzema scored the goal to reduce the difference, and in the deadly time, the Brazilian Casemiro scored the equalizer.
That video is out of context and you don't know if Benzema said all that or Mendy was part of it as well.
Obviously they were frustrated and these kind of things happens everywhere.
Here is a video of Karim and Ferland discussing with vinicius right after.
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- El Gato Benzema (@ElGatoKBenzema) October 28, 2020
ayo what's happening here?
Benzema to Mendy "don't play with Vinicius, he's playing against us" pic.twitter.com/E0DOwiZalH
- Ness ™ ℣ (@ The1Centurions) October 28, 2020