Benzema was humiliated on his AFC Champions League debut! scored 6.3 points in 1 shot in 90 minutes, and the fans opened fire: change the coach
In his AFC Champions League debut, Benzema's Jeddah United lost 0-2 to the Baghdad Air Force, ending his record of winning all of his first AFC Champions League this season, and Benzema became an "invisible man".
Just like Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, who came to Iraq, also received a portrait. However, unlike Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been on a killing spree this season, Benzema has had all sorts of troubles since joining Jeddah United, first being revealed by the media to have a poor relationship with manager Nuno, and then missing four games due to injury. However, Benzema still scored six goals and provided three assists in 11 appearances, contributing one goal every 104 minutes.
Jeddah United are currently in poor form, with five consecutive league games without a win, for the first time in 45 months. Jeddah United, meanwhile, have scored just three goals in those five league games, with Benzema involved in all three goals with two shots and one pass.
In the first three AFC Champions League group games of the season, Benzema was not included in the squad twice, and the game against Sepahan was cancelled, making the game against the Baghdad Air Force Benzema's AFC Champions League debut.
Although key players such as Benzema, N'Golo Kante and Romarinho all started, Jeddah United continued their recent sluggish performance. In the first half, Jeddah United managed just 35% possession and just one shot at goal compared to seven.
In the 44th minute of the game, the Baghdad Air Force played a smooth game, and the unmarked Ali in the middle of the penalty area swept the goal to break the deadlock of the game. After the opponent opened the scoring, Benzema walked back to the halfway line with his head down.
Like the team, Benzema disappeared from the pitch. He didn't get a shot on goal in the first half, tried just one breakthrough and failed to do so, and had just 14 touches, 10 passes and seven successful passes, conceding five times.
In the 52nd minute, the Jeddah United defense leaked again, and Muhannad stopped the ball and swept the goal to expand the score to 2-0!
It wasn't until the 75th minute that Romarinho's back-heel pass gave Benzema his first chance on goal, but his shot was blocked by a defender.
Benzema, who played the whole game, had only one shot on goal, two unsuccessful breakthroughs, only 34 touches, 20 successful passes, conceded a whopping nine times, and conceded almost one out of every three touches. Such a sluggish performance allowed Benzema to score only 6.3 points, only higher than Kamara, who scored 6.1 points.
In the first three group games, Jeddah United thrashed Almalek 3-0 at home, beat Baghdad Air Force 1-0 at home in the third round, and the AFC ruled that Jeddah United won 3-0 after the postponement of the match against Sepahan. After losing away to the Baghdad Air Force, Jeddah United's winning streak in the AFC Champions League this season came to an end.
Some fans commented sharply, "His skills have slipped to this point, which is painful for fans at Real Madrid and all over the world." I believe that if there is a new manager, then he will be stronger. ”