Al Ittihad forward Karim Benzema greets his team's fans prior to the match against Al Raed, in the Saudi League, in Buraidah, Saudi Arabia. Former teammates at Real Madrid, the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and the Frenchman Karim Benzema met more than five years later at Al Ittihad-Al Nassr.
An emotional match ended with a victory for the CR7 team and a close score for the French striker. Since the Champions League final in kyiv in 2018, the former Real Madrid players have not met on the pitch in a club match. If they saw each other in the group stage of the Euro 2021.
In the locker room tunnel, before taking the field, Benzema and Cristiano gave each other a loving hug and exchanged a few words. Team forwards in Madrid for nine seasons, both are the top scorers in the history of the white club.
However, after so much affection, it seems that the Frenchman could not withstand the post-match pressure. Cristiano Ronaldo destroyed Karim Benzema. Al Nassr, led by the Portuguese footballer, beat Al Ittihad, the team led by the French striker (2-5) and which is sinking in the Saudi Pro League table, sixth and 22 points behind the lead. Cristiano's team is second.
Benzema decided to close his Instagram account
Karim could not score a single goal and even committed a penalty, one of the two that Ronaldo scored. The French striker kicked an Al-Nassr player inside the area and caused the first of two penalties for CR7 to score. Brazilian Fabinho made another mistake that helped Al-Nassr and Cristiano Ronaldo achieve their double just when there still seemed to be no clear winner. Then everything was distorted and Al-Nassr was able to score two more goals from Sadio Mane.
