The Real Madrid striker has praised his teammates for their outstanding 2-0 win over Ukraine at Euro 2012 on Friday in Donetsk
The France striker expressed his delight at Les Bleus victory in their second group match that has eased the path for France to seal a place in the knockout stage of the competition.
The 24-year-old was instrumental is http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 became the first French player in 28 years to provide two assists in a single European Championship game.
According to Benzema, victory against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ukraine-c3032 has helped the team in all areas and the confidence of Les Bleus is sky high at the moment. However, the striker believes that France have still not qualified for the next stage and Laurent Blanc’s men need to
work hard in the next game to seal a place in knockout stages of the Euro 2012.
While talking to reporters, Benzema praised his side’s discipline and stated that not conceding a goal against Ukraine was very important. France are on top of the group on goal difference and the Real Madrid striker believes that clean sheets will be very
important in the end.
Prior to the Ukraine game, France had failed to register a win in a major tournament for a long time. Thus a victory at this stage of the tournament means a lot to Les Bleus.
"It's been a while since we had not won a game in the European Championship or World Cup. We're all very proud of this result.
Benzema expressed his pleasure over his side’s performance against Ukraine and claimed that the French were clearly the better side of the two. The Frenchman stressed that Les Bleus need to continue playing like this in the rest of the tournament in order
to achieve something out of it.
"We all had a good game. We played together, we had chances. [Ukraine] were very tired. We had the mastery of the ball. We must continue like this. We needed this victory, which was very important. There is always a lot of happiness when you come back to
the hotel. You know you'll sleep well because you have taken four points from two matches."
France will take on already-eliminated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 on Tuesday at the Olympic stadium in Kiev in their last Group game.
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