Zidane slams Lineker's comments on Benzema
Zinedine Zidane hits back at former Barcelona striker Gary Lineker for his remarks about Karim Benzema on social media.
Real Madrid
Eibar
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Real Madrid
Eibar
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Zinedine Zidane launched an impassioned defence of Karim Benzema before Real Madrid's home clash with Eibar, branding the French striker's critics ``a disgrace''.
The long-serving Real forward, now 29, has only scored one LaLiga goal thus far this season, drawing conjecture from the press about his value to the reigning Spanish champions.
But head coach Zidane, who is urging Real to respond well to Tuesday's Champions League draw with Tottenham, threw a supportive arm around his countryman.
He told...
Zinedine Zidane hits back at Gary Lineker over Karim Benzema remarks
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane says former England striker Gary Lineker's criticism of Karim Benzema is "embarrassing" coming from someone within the game.
After Benzema had missed three relatively simple chances in Tuesday's 1-1 Champions League game against Tottenham at the Bernabeu, ex-Tottenham and Barcelona star Lineker wrote on Twitter that the Madrid striker might be "overrated" and could be seen to be "rescued" by teammate Cristiano Ronaldo's goal-scoring feats.
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Leicester City edged title-winning Real Madrid for second place in the list that UEFA published on Friday because the English champion banked a bigger share of broadcasting rights money.
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