Striker Karim Benzema feels happy to be the leader of Real Madrid’s attack since Ronaldo arrived at Juventus last summer.
Benzema’s main task when Ronaldo was at Real was not to score goals, indeed, he had to sacrifice a lot to create assists for CR7 to score, even though he was the one who kicked in the center position. It is no exaggeration to say that the French striker is just a background for Ronaldo to shine.
However, since Ronaldo moved to Juventus, everything has changed. Benzema from supporting role to lead role. The former Lyon striker was relieved of the burden that had been on his shoulders for many years to score important goals for Real. Up to the present time of the 2018/19 season, Benzema has owned 11 goals in La Liga, the most in Los Blancos.
And of course, Benzema feels happy to be the leader of Real’s attack. He said: “Now I am the leader of the attack, as opposed to before having to serve Cristiano.
I’m always looking for him with the aim of helping him score more goals. Which means I’ll have to be in the background, but now I can prove that I also have a desire to score.”
With the decline of a series of pillars such as Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Marcelo or Gareth Bale, Benzema is Real’s number 1 hope next to young talent Vinicius Junior. Los Blancos currently still have 3 arenas to strive for: King’s Cup, La Liga and Champions League – the arena they have won 4 times in the last 5 years.
