What did Karim Benzema do?
French striker Karim Benzema continued his “bad habit” since joining the first football team of Al-Ittihad Club in the summer of 2023; This time in the friendly match against Sevilla of Spain.
Al-Ittihad is currently facing the first football team of Sevilla Club, on the sidelines of the preparatory camp held in Spain, as part of the preparations for the new sports season 2024-2025.
In the 18th minute of the friendly match, Benzema missed a penalty kick, which he himself had won, continuing what he used to do in official matches with the Dean.
Benzema missed “3 penalty kicks” with the first football team of Al-Ittihad Club, in official matches in the last sports season 2023-2024, two of them in the Roshn Professional League, one in the Club World Cup, in addition to another in the King Salman Cup for Arab Clubs “friendly”.
The interesting thing is that Benzema looked at the pitch. Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, the Sevilla stadium hosting the friendly, as if to blame her for missing the penalty.
It is worth noting that Benzema was absent from most of the Union’s matches last season due to disagreements with Portuguese coach Nuno Santo, and then Argentine coach Marcelo Gallardo, who led the first team in succession, before they were officially dismissed.