Benzema left the Real Madrid andThis past summer as one of the club’s top scorers. Something that seemed complicated when he landed at the Bernabéu in 2009. The Frenchman was recognized for his football, but he was blamed for his lack of goals.
Everything started to change after his conversation Mourinho and what was revealed Jose Morais, the one who became the Portuguese’s assistant at Real Madrid. “Benzema is a player loved by the fans and president Florentino Pérez, but he hasn’t scored many goals,” Morais told ESPN. Mourinho wanted to talk to Benzema about that aspect and Morais acted as a translator since he speaks French.
Morais explained that Mourinho told Benzema “You’ve got to score goals, right?”, to which the forward responded “Does the guy want me to score goals?” “Of course I want you to score goals. What are you doing here? To score goals, you are a striker,” Mourinho said and Benzema said “well, okay. If you want me to score, I will this.”
Morais He explained that after that conversation, Benzema He changed his attitude on the field. “He’s a good player, but he doesn’t really know what’s asked of him. His mission is just to score goals. He’s there to play, but scoring goals is a secondary thing . He has a lot of quality in his touch. of the ball, his simplicity in dribbling and his vision of the game. He creates situations and then gives the ball to others to score goals,” said Morais, adding that “after that moment, he knew what the coach wanted. . And that’s how it started, in that simplicity”, he claimed.
Source: La Verdad
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