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The former striker of the Blues and the Castilian team spoke on Monday evening, November 4, on Spanish television, while Mbappé is currently under fire from criticism after a failed performance in the Clasico against Barcelona.
“The concern is that Mbappé is not a No.9,” declared former Real Madrid and France team striker Karim Benzema during a Spanish television show, thus underlining a lack of compatibility with the Brazilian Vinicius Junior.
“The problem, in my opinion, is that he is not a center forward. Even in the selection, every time he plays as No.9, he does not feel good, because it is not not his position. But on the left, he has a guy who is at the same level as him, Vinicius. So there is a problem,” added Benzema during an interview broadcast Monday evening on the show El Chiringuito.
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“Vinicius, we can't put him in No.9 or on the right, because by playing on the left, he makes the difference in every match. Mbappé is not a real No.9. People ask a lot of him , he has a lot of pressure. It's not Paris Saint-Germain,” continued the 2022 Ballon d'Or, who, at 36, currently plays for Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.
“If I have to give him advice? Don't give up, because I don't think he's going to push Vinicius to move. He's the best player in the world right now. Mbappé needs to get his head around it that today he is a N.9, and forget the left side a little Then, he must find a way to swap with Vinicius He is very good on the left, but now he must become very good on another. post,” advised the French striker.
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The former Merengues number 9, who spent 14 seasons at Real, recalls that in Madrid, “if you go two or three games without scoring a goal, you get killed. You can win the Ballon d'Or, whatever you want, three games later you don't score and it starts again.”
“Mbappé must therefore learn to live with this pressure. He must put positive pressure on himself. Every match is a new match, and he must score goals. Because that's what we brought you in for: to score goals . He has the level and the talent to succeed,” he concluded.
