Karim Benzema spoke about the alleged fight with Marcelo Gallardo in Saudi Arabia: "I don't have any problem". The French footballer referred for the first time to the rumors that indicate the existence of a bad relationship between him and the Doll.

The French forward started for the second time this year and scored a goal against, although he also gave an assist, in his team's agonizing qualification to the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions, after beating Navbahor of 2-1.