Surprise! Ancelotti ruled out Benzema for the quarterfinals against Athletic

To alone 15 days of the party of gone of eighth of final of the Champions League in front of Paris Saint-Germain, the decision return more than transcendental. It was therefore that the case of Karim Benzema monopolised the last press conference offered by Carlo Ancelotti. The question was clear: it Is worth it to risk with the French? The newspaper 'Ace' had put from does days that the dilemma was on the table of the technical body from does days.

Officially, Benzema has remained out of the list of summoned of the Real Madrid for the party in front of the Athletic of Bilbao, in which himself went in the three recently arrived Brazilians, Rodrygo, Vinicius and Casemiro, and the Uruguayan Fede Valverde. Marco Asensio also attained to surpass the injury that had left him was the last meetings and will travel with the rest of the team.

The 'cat' drags from does several weeks some annoyances in the abductor left that have forced him to stop in a pair of occasions. The first was in the meeting of LaLiga in front of the Real Sociedad, to beginnings of the month of December. The ariete French noticed something and requested immediately change, of intelligent way, before the ailment went to greater.

To the dessert made him examinations and determined that there was not muscular break, but yes a strong overloads. The sufficient so that it could not contest the party of Champions in front of the Inter that the Madrid resolved (2-0). Instead, yes it arrived to risk to jump to title in front of the Athletic of Madrid. Encarriló The derbi marking the first goal and left to the rest.

Last warning of serious injury

It was in the last party of the Madrid that retumbó the second warning of serious injury of Benzema. Sucedió On 23 January in front of the Elche (2-2). After failing a penalti, Karim went back to feel the annoyances in the same place and decided to stop. As in his first injury, the proofs only showed a small microrrotura that well could confuse with one overloads. Ancelotti Decided not risking and give him the necessary rest to his maximum figure.