Kareem Benzema, the first team soccer player at the al-itthad club, missed the team’s group training before the al-hilal game in the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League competition, which is scheduled to be held at the Radioactive Jewel Stadium tomorrow evening.
According to Sports Field sources, Karim Benzema did not appear in the team’s group training, during the closing run ahead of the al-hilal match at the summit of the Asian Champions League competition, which is scheduled to take place on Tuesday evening on the floor of the Radioactive Jewel Stadium.
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The al-itthad Club is looking to win three goals for nothing in order to formally qualify for the next round of the competition, at the leader’s expense.
Al-Hilal won the first meeting with a two-goal score without reply, in the match held on the floor of the Kingdom Arena, scoring the double of Brigadier Salem Al-Dosari and Alexander Mitrovic.
The former Real Madrid star had missed the last 3 games of the al-itthad, with two Saudi league matches against Al-Hilal and Al-Gudud, and then missed Klasiko Al-Hilal by going to the continental championship, which ended with the leader’s victory (2-0).
At the press conference, Argentina’s head coach Marcelo Giardo confirmed “Benzema has muscle pain and has not trained with the team”, thus his absence was confirmed.
Given the statistics of the French star joining the itthad Jeddah against the top clubs in Saudi Arabia early this season, we will find that he did not provide the hoped-for level
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Benzema Statistics against Adults
Benzema played only 4 matches against adults with a match against Al Ahli, al-shabab, al-hilal and al-nasr , scoring a goal and creating like him.
The first was to score a goal during his team’s 3-4 loss against Al-Hilal, in the fifth round of the Saudi Professional League.
In the ninth round, he was not recorded or made during the Dean’s fall against Al Ahly in Derby Jeddah 0-1, and also appeared in the defeat to the al-shabab by the same result at week 12 of the competition.
He provided an assist during his team’s humiliating loss against Al-Nasr at 2-5 in the 17th round of the competition, and then missed the crescent match in which the Tigers were defeated 1-3 in the 22nd week early this month.
He also missed his team’s past game against Al-Hilal 0-2 in the ACL first leg, setting a disastrous record against adults in his first season with the “Dean.”
