C. Ancelotti: "We have enough time to properly replace Benzema © „Reuters“

Madrid's "Real" legend Karim Benzema is leaving the "royal" club after 14 years.

This was officially announced on Sunday, and on the same day, the 35-year-old Frenchman played his last game for the club.

After the match with "Athletic", the striker's decision was also discussed by "Real" strategist Carlo Ancelotti, who said that such news was very unexpected for the whole team.

"We only found out about this today and it really surprised all of us. However, we must understand that Karim thought very well about this situation and made this decision.

We will not stop and will continue to move forward. We have enough time to properly replace Benzema. 

"I can guarantee that next season we will be very competitive," said C. Ancelotti at a press conference.