“Zidane helped to transform Karim Benzema” – Jose Mourinho hails the first team director’s influence
The Frenchman, Karim Benzema has started scoring a lot of goals for Real Madrid and Jose Mourinho believes that it is all possible because of Zinedine Zidane.
Real Madrid faced Getafe at Santiago Bernabeu as the Spanish La Liga kicked off after the international break. Madrid were expecting Getafe to be an easy opposition but they turned out to be quite a tough test for Jose Mourinho’s men.
Madrid’s rival club Barcelona lost two points in La Liga after Real Sociedad managed to make a two goal comeback in the second half of the game. Madrid’s fixture was right after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604’s game against Real Sociedad and Mourinho did not take any chances
in order to take the first position in La Liga.
While facing Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid won the game 4-2 as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 scored two vital goals for the Spanish Giants, in order to keep them at the top of the points table.
Last season the French striker was finding it hard to find the back of the net but this season Benzema seemed to have transformed and he has shown that he is simply an exquisite finisher.
The Portuguese tactician, Jose Mourinho believes that the 1998 FIFA World Cup winner Zinedine Zidane has helped a lot to transform Benzema from being a Madrid flop to what he is now.
Benzema was rarely finding the back of the net last season and now he is scoring goals at will. With Benzema now scoring goals for Los Blancos, Gonzalo Higuain rarely gets a first team opportunity.
Benzema has shown that he can play as a lone striker in a 4-2-3-1 system where he plays up front and gets aided by players like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629, Angel Di Maria and Mesut Ozil. All these three players really help Madrid in find the back of the net.
Mourinho believes that the Frenchman has totally transformed this season and he deserves the credit. Mourinho was quoted saying:
"Benzema deserves full credit for his transformation. He had some help from me, from his teammates and from Zizou, but he deserves the credit."
Mourinho also accepted that Benzema’s attitude towards learning is simply phenomenal and he always had the quality to perform in Real Madrid.
Besides Karim Benzema’s outstanding goal scoring form, Mourinho said that the opposition were well organized and they had a lot of chances on Madrid’s goal which simply shows that the Spanish La Liga is not a very easy league to play in. He also said that
Getafe read the game well and even though that this side wasted a lot of opportunities, Getafe faced the same fate in front of goal.
Madrid will be in UEFA Champions League action on Wednesday as they play their first fixture against Dinamo Zagreb.
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