MADRID, 25 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Real Madrid player, Karim Benzema, was “very happy” after winning the ‘best player of the year’ award for UEFA and recalled that it is a “collective” award because he would not have won it without his teammates, nor without his coach, Carlo Ancelotti, “a great one”, who has given “many things” to the white team on his return last summer.
“These are collective awards, not individual ones. I have to thank my teammates, my club, because it allows me to play at this level, the president, the coach and the fans, who are always with me,” Benzema said in statements to ‘ Let’s go from Movistar.
“Ancelotti is one of the best coaches in the world that I have had, I also remember Mourinho, Zidane, who did something monumental in Madrid. But Ancelotti was there, he left and then he has returned to the team without help, he is a great, he came as the last coach on the market and he has given us many things: Champions, League, Super Cup…”, he pointed out.
In addition, the French striker revealed the coach’s motivating facet during the breaks. “He’s a man who gives us confidence during half-times and that helps us come back on the pitch,” said Benzema.
Lastly, when asked what the most special goal of last season was, the Frenchman said that “it could be the last against PSG, the third.” “After the second we tried and that goal came. We didn’t have time to be happy about the second because the third came. The fans were on fire with us and that will stay in my head for a long time,” he concluded.