Before clashing against Clasico Roshan, French star Karim Benzema, the First Football al-itthad striker, made many negative memories of Spain’s Emerick Laporte, the defender of the al-nassr team, the latest of which was Manchester City’s loss from Real Madrid, Spain, for the 2022 Champions League semi-final.
Before Roshan, which gathers them tomorrow in “El Clasico,” Benzema and Laporte face off on La Liga from 2013 to 2017 and Champions League from 2020 to 2022. Facing the al-nassr defender, the French star scored 10 goals for Real Madrid against Spain’s Athletic Bilbao and Manchester City.
Three Benzema goals, against City, prevented Laporte from reaching the Champions League final.
The two teams are scheduled to face off tomorrow at 9 p.m. Kingdom time, boiling the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah, in a postponed summit match of the 17th round of the Saudi Professional Roshen League. Press reports revealed that the Saudi Football Federation’s jury had decided to assign the match to Greek international referee Anastasius Sidiropoulos.
The al-itthad of jeddah club, led by Technical Director Jayardo, is sixth with 28 points, while al-nassr team led by luis castro Al-Nassr is second with 40, 10 points behind the leaders of the Saudi Professional Rosen League ranking table.