The home straight is launched and the expectation is great.
In a month, PSG will face Real Madrid at the Parc des Princes in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League (return on March 9).
And obviously, this double confrontation does not scare Karim Benzema at all.
In an interview with France Football, the one who was voted best French player of the year 2021 displayed his ambitions: “If you want to go all the way, you have to beat all the teams.
Afterwards, we would have liked another draw, that's for sure.
PSG are among the favourites, but there is no fear, ”assured the Frenchman.
"It's two football matches.
We want to qualify, we want to go all the way.
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The lack of common experience of the Parisian attack
Karim Benzema also mentioned the Parisian offensive armada and did not want to compare the "MNM" (Messi, Neymar, Mbappé) to the Madrid attack. "It's not the same, they are not the same age, not the same experience". To play a great match against PSG, the Merengues striker felt that "those who play this match in [his] team will be in good shape" and that "whoever is best prepared will win".
Asked about returning to play in France during this round of 16, the fourth top scorer in the history of Real Madrid explained that it did not upset him much.
“With Real, I came back many times, it's nothing new.
And my supporters in France watch me every weekend.
I don't need to come to France and show anything.
But in any case, when we go to France to come and play this match against Paris, it will be to win.
The leader of Ligue 1 is therefore warned.
Especially since, during the last confrontation between these two clubs at this stage of the competition, the people of Madrid had qualified for the quarter-finals with two victories (3-1; 2-1) during the 2017- 2018.