Long-time president of Madrid's "Real" club Florentino Perez, as well as his team's coach Zinedine Zidane, came to defend the criticized Karim Benzema.
K. Benzema is constantly criticized for his missed opportunities and not scoring many goals per season. However, many experts note that a forward is very necessary for the "Real" team when organizing attacks even without scoring goals.
Recently, K. Benzema faced criticism from Gary Lineker in the press, but F. Perez did not pay attention to the negative reactions about the forward from both Lineker and other people.
"I don't pay attention to what Lineker said. People criticize Karim just because he doesn't have impressive goal statistics. However, we just need to remember the last match against "Eibar", where he came on as a substitute and immediately demonstrated his other game qualities by creating a goal for Marcelo," defended the Frenchman the club's president.
"I always said that Benzema is a part of Zidane and Ronaldo Nazario. He scores similar goals to Ronaldo and has a touch on the ball like Zidane. He is invaluable," added F. Perez.
