Karim Benzema is having a tough time in Saudi Arabia. The country’s press reports that Al Ittihad’s French striker did not train on Thursday and Friday and that he “disappeared” just hours before the team faced Al Tahi (this Saturday at 15:00) in championship However, the game was postponed due to bad weather.
According to the Al-Riyadhiya newspaper, cited by As, Benzema left, including from the city of Jeddah, for reasons unknown. Coach Marcello Gallardo was asked about the Frenchman’s “disappearance” but did not want to give an explanation.
Fans and the press have not been kind to the player, who has scored 12 goals and made five assists in 20 matches this season. “He misses very easy opportunities and seems to have lost the desire to play football,” journalist Abdel Karim Al-Jasser told Al-Ekhbariya channel.
Benzema came under fire after the 5-2 defeat to Al Nasr by Cristiano Ronaldo and even deleted his Instagram account (where he had over 76 million followers) afterward.
The Frenchman also became the target of fans’ anger after being eliminated from the Club World Cup, where he missed a penalty against Egyptian club Ahly.
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