Real Madrid
striker, Karim Benzema has predicted the club that will win the 2018/19 UEFA
Champions League trophy.
According to
Benzema, Real Madrid are still favourite to win this season’s Champions League
trophy despite losing their all-time highest goalscorer, Cristiano Ronaldo to
Juventus in the summer.
Madrid won
the Europe topflight football competition for the past three consecutive years
with Ronaldo before the 33-year-old left the Santiago Bernabeu to join Juve in
a 100-million-euro deal earlier in the summer.
“This
competition is another level, all the matches are important, there is no easy
one, and it’s one thing I like: Real Madrid is the best club in the world,
every year you have to succeed,” Benzema told Codere, per AS.
“We know
there are a lot of strong rivals, but if I have to say a favourite, it’s always
going to be Real Madrid, in this club the goal is always to try to win
everything and play well, we have to sacrifice a lot to always be victorious.”
Real Madrid
kick off the defence of their European crown on Wednesday when they host Roma
at Santiago Bernabeu, and Benzema is wary of the talents of the Italian club.
“As always,
the first game at home is very important, we have to have the ball and get more
rhythm than them. ”
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