- Liga.Zidane: "Neither accounts nor stories, we must focus on Granada"
In the last game, the Real Madrid doctors got up scared when they saw Karim Benzema fall badly, shortly before the break. The coach's face changed in shock. Was it the hand? They all asked themselves immediately. They were referring to the right, which in the photograph that illustrates this article can be seen under bandages and fasteners. It hides the left, deformed and pending little finger of an operation on the second phalanx since January 2019 . He did not want to undergo surgery and leave his team without his participation for many weeks. And so it has been ever since. That protection has become an amulet for him. It brings you luck, he says.
"Shoulder, shoulder," Zinedine Zidane said quickly , breathing with relief. The striker himself reassured everyone in the locker room. "I can follow". It was the clavicle, a strong blow, but acceptable. If the Frenchman has demonstrated anything in the last year and a half is knowing how to play (well) with discomfort. That broken finger, painful every time he must lean on it, has not prevented him from exhibiting his best footballing version at this time, where he has incorporated a new goalscoring success and, above all, a commitment to T-shirt that perhaps no one expected in those apparently clueless ways.
Zidane and Florentino Pérez , coach and president of the club, look with satisfaction and a point of pride at the general consensus that the figure of nine has achieved. They have been carrying their flag for more than a decade, when they discovered him in Lyon.
From suspicion to applause
Benzema, for a moment, came to divide the Bernabéu like Guti years before , between staunch fans and critics. A rivalry typical of the bullring with those art matadors not always as regular as part of the laying requires. To sparks of genius he joined languid functions that made half a stadium despair. Even so, the attacker was adding numbers as an ideal companion for Cristiano Ronaldo . As the superstar left, the focus turned to Gareth Bale, hoping he would take up the scorer's responsibilities. However, it was Benzema who raised his hand, to everyone's surprise.
His good 2018/19 campaign did not help Madrid end the year with titles, something that will change when the current one ends. The League can be joined to the Super Cup already installed in the museum. With a win tonight in the Granada field, the Whites would be just two points from the alirón. "Neither accounts nor stories, we must focus on the game," ZZ said yesterday.
Such a willingness to the success of your team is thanks to a powerful exit from confinement, the strength of the defensive system and the outstanding performance of some individual pieces. A vertebral columbra of players made up of Courtois, Ramos, Casemiro and Benzema . They are the most used by Zidane, with the Brazilian and the striker at the top of the ranking of minutes played, with 3,750 and 3,650 respectively. The gesture of the Frenchman against Alavés, returning to the pitch despite the strong blow to the man, affects this conscious role that has made him grow in the dressing room in the eyes of his teammates.
Eastern therapies
"Good Karino , good," Sergio Ramos yelled at him the other day from the Di Stéfano players' box. On the pitch, the whole attack goes through him, sometimes being an organizer and sometimes a stiletto. The 22 goals he adds this season could be much more if the penalties were his. Since 2009, 10 have thrown and 10 have scored.
At 32 years old, he appears physically finer than ever because of his nutritional care and work in the gym. In recent times it has turned to cupping , a therapy of Asian origin that involves applying suction cups to the body. It helps, in theory, to relax the muscles and stimulate circulation. He listened to Zidane's advice when he was Carlo Ancelotti's assistant : "Change your customs and your career will change," he said. Thus, he lost weight and gained legs to get his silky football to dazzle a majority audience, not just the most foodies. The bandage on the wrist is the reminder of your commitment.
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