Karim Benzema is full of praise at the mention of Thierry Henry, himself a big fan of Madrid since always …
If he could sometimes be severe with Olivier Giroud, especially when the latter was at the forefront of the Gunners attack, Thierry Henry has always been complimentary about Karim Benzema. “In a world full of Ronaldo and Messi fans, I was a Karim Benzema fan for 15 years of my life. They laughed at me when I told them that he would challenge for the Ballon d’Or with Real Madrid one day. Every hero has his day. Never stop working. Be like Karim »he said last fall as the Madrid player was about to win the Ballon d’Or.
But Karim Benzema, who dispossessed Thierry Henry of the title of the most prolific French scorer in history last year, is just as ecstatic at the mention of the former Lyonnais. “Thierry Henry is a legend! Even if I grew up with Ronaldo, after him for me it’s Thierry Henry ”, he thus entrusted to the microphone of Téléfoot this Sunday.
And the Real Madrid striker is all the more a fan of the former Gunner as the latter was not just a scorer. In his view, a center forward must indeed be able to do more than score. “The more you think about the game and you respect football, the more goals you will simply score. If you only think about the goal, you just have to come across two good defenders and it’s over! As you don’t know how to play football: you don’t know how to play in one touch, you don’t know how to move, you only have the goal”he explained.
