Injured Tuesday in the Champions League against Celtic Glasgow (3-0), Karim Benzema "
will not go to the selection
" at the end of September "
if he does not play the derby
" against Atlético Madrid in a week, advanced the Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday at a press conference on the eve of the La Liga match against Mallorca on Sunday (2:00 p.m.).
“
These are things that can happen.
He had a little problem, but last year he also had a physical problem in December, and we knew how to manage it.
This year it will be the same.
Without him, the team played very well against Celtic, especially in the attacking phase
,” added the Italian.
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The Italian technician clarified that it is Eden Hazard, as against Celtic, who will occupy the place of the French center-forward against Mallorca.
“
Hazard played very well against Celtic.
Tomorrow I will play him, I hope he can repeat that
, ”he said.
Ancelotti, however, qualified, specifying that Benzema “
has no natural replacement.
He is the best centre-forward in the world and there is no natural replacement on the market.
But other players, with other characteristics, can supplement it
”.
Released in the 30th minute of the match against Celtic, Benzema suffered a "
semi-tendinous muscle lesion
" and "
muscle overload in the quadriceps of the right leg
", according to the Real press release.
He should be out for two to three weeks.
“
Without Karim, the system is the same.
Hazard doesn't have the goalscoring streak that Karim has, because he hasn't played for a long time.
I'm not going to ask Hazard to score goals.
I will ask him to play well, like against Celtic.
We must not lose the good offensive series that we have.
We combine well, we have mobility and we must keep that
, ”insisted Ancelotti.
Despite this injury, "Carletto" refuses to rely exclusively on data to manage the state of health of his players: "
We have a lot of data, physical, technical... I take them into account, but only to confirm what my eyes see.
If my eyes see that a player is fine on the pitch but the data says he is tired, he will stay on the pitch
,” Ancelotti concluded.
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