{"id":11531,"date":"2026-04-25T07:15:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/11531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T07:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:15:14","slug":"karim-benzema-questions-real-madrids-style-while-praising-luis-enriques-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/11531\/","title":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema questions Real Madrid\u2019s style while praising Luis Enrique\u2019s PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karim Benzema<\/a> has been away from Real Madrid<\/a> since 2023, after joining Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad<\/a> before moving to Al-Hilal<\/a> this year. Even so, he still remains a reference point for the Spanish club, which made his comments while praising Luis Enrique<\/a>\u2019s Paris Saint-Germain<\/a> especially interesting.<\/p>\n

During a live stream on Instagram with rapper Rohff, the striker praised the way this current Paris Saint-Germain team plays. In doing so, he also drew a comparison with Real Madrid in comments reproduced by AS.<\/p>\n

Benzema said: \u201cEveryone knows what they need to do and what contribution they must make. A starting player knows his role. A substitute knows his role. At the same time, the sub doesn\u2019t pout. At Real Madrid, everything is more difficult because they don\u2019t play as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benzema praises Luis Enrique<\/p>\n

The striker has played alongside great teammates and been coached by elite managers such as Carlo Ancelotti, Jos\u00e9 Mourinho and Zinedine Zidane at club level. His trophy haul with Real Madrid reflects his huge experience.<\/p>\n

\"Luis<\/p>\n

Luis Enrique revolutionized Paris Saint-Germain (Carl Recine\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

That made his comments even more notable, as he gave most of the credit for Europe\u2019s most dominant team to their manager, while also taking time to put fellow Frenchman Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 above the rest.<\/p>\n

\"Kylian<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbappe hits 100 Real Madrid matches milestone as Cristiano Ronaldo comparison reveals huge gap<\/p>\n

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Benzema said: \u201cLuis Enrique is the most famous figure at PSG. But it is a team. You can put anyone in attack, they all work together. And the substitutes work just as hard. That is why they are so strong, PSG is not a team of stars, except for Dembele, the Ballon d\u2019Or winner. But forget about that: they press, they defend, they attack, they run.\u201d<\/p>\n

Benzema\u2019s view on PSG\u2019s bench players<\/p>\n

A major reason behind Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s success has been their ability to rotate players without losing performance. That was the point Benzema emphasized when explaining why they are so difficult to beat.<\/p>\n

Benzema said: \u201cWhen the coach makes a substitution in the 60th or 70th minute, the guys coming onto the pitch contribute even more than those who started the match. And these are supposedly the \u2018bench\u2019 players.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema has been away from Real Madrid since 2023, after joining Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad before…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2921,301,5039,7052,82,1498,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-11531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-karim-benzema","9":"tag-la-liga","10":"tag-ligue-1","11":"tag-luis-enrique","12":"tag-madrid","13":"tag-psg","14":"tag-real-madrid"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}