Al-Ittihad superstar striker Karim Benzema has missed another penalty-kick in his return from injury, this Friday, against Al-Fayha.
It is understood that the player wants to get a boost after a tough period with The Tigers, but it is clear that spot kicks are not for him, at least for now.
Benzema has been underrated with what he is bringing to the team from the open-play, as people always pressure him to score just for the sake that he is wearing the number 9.
But the player is also to blame for trying to do such extra things, like previously wearing the captaincy armband when Hegazy is more qualified.
We have discussed on why Marcelo Gallardo should name back Hegazy as the team leader and it happened, and now Abderrazak Hamdallah should be named as the major penalty taker.
Benzema has costed the team, via his penalty misses, in both the Arab Club Champions Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Hamdallah is now competing in the Saudi Professional League golden boot race, and he has an impressive penalty-kick success ratio, which makes him way more qualified.
Benzema can help the team with 100 different ways with the qualities he has, but penalties are not part of them.
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