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“A fantastic match, give the Ballon d'Or to Benzema”: the sportsmen amazed by Manchester City-Real Madrid

2022-04-27T14:46:57.131Z


On social networks or in the media, there was no shortage of reactions after the formidable Manchester City-Real Madrid (4-3) in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League.


The whole sports planet was connected to Manchester City - Real Madrid this Tuesday evening.

A match with a crazy scenario which saw the SkyBlues, despite being in domination, win by only a small goal at the Etihad Stadium against Real Madrid of Karim Benzema (4-3).

"

It's football, it's the Champions League, it's the track to the stars tonight

" commented Paul Tchoukriel and Habib Beye for

Canal+.

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On social networks and in the media, many sports personalities reacted.

Starting with the footballers themselves.

Teammate of Karim Benzema in the France team, Aurélien Tchouameni longed to

"watch a match of this level

".

Sevilla defender Jules Koundé also seems to have enjoyed the show.

Former player of PSG, Everton and in particular Manchester City (2002-2007), Sylvain Distin is under the spell of Karim Benzema.

He proves game after game that he should be considered for the Ballon d'Or.

He does what he has to do and proves everyone who underestimated him wrong.

His first goal came out of nowhere,

” explains the former French defender at the microphone of SkySports.

Sergio Agüero, who spent ten years at Manchester City, was also in front of his TV on Tuesday evening.

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Sylvain Distin is not the only one who wants to reward Karim Benzema in a few months.

On Twitter, former Arsenal and Real midfielder Mesut Özil savored the show.

What a fantastic game!

Give the golden ball to my boy Benzema!

“Consultant on

CBS Sports

, Thierry Henry is also impressed by the match made by the French striker.

This goal is only because it's Benzema.

He did his race, a good race.

What a goal, what a finish!

Real can thank Benzema because without him they wouldn't even have come out of the group stages.

On Twitter, legendary former Chelsea defender John Terry lamented the SkyBlues' fine performance.

The Manchester City game is incredible

“Explains the former Three Lions international, when the score was still only 2-0.

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They are not the only ones to have savored this clash of titans.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the stars of the orange ball were also in front of their televisions.

An incredible match

” for Joel Embiid.

What a game!

tweets Luka Doncic.

It's no longer a match, it's a film

” perfectly sums up the Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano.

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Source: lefigaro

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