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Richard Buxton·22 February 2024
Karim Benzema's Saudi Pro League adventure goes from bad to worse 😖
Karim Benzema's Saudi Pro League adventure goes from bad to worse 😖 | OneFootball
The Saudi Pro League was supposed to represent the next chapter in Karim Benzema’s star-studded career but it’s not exactly gone to plan.
Benzema has struggled to recapture his former glories for Al-Ittihad and things went from bad to worse in Thursday’s AFC Champions League clash with Navbahor.
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With their Round of 16 second leg tie finely poised, the evergreen France striker popped up to open the scoring with a header midway through the first half.
The trouble was, Benzema sent it into his own net to give the visitors a slender advantage after the first leg between the two clubs ended in stalemate.
Abderrazak Hamdallah spared his blushes by restoring parity deep in first-half added time before another own goal, this time from Toma Tabatadze, sealed a narrow win.
But the former Ballon d’Or winner must wonder how it has all gone so wrong for him in the Kingdom.
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