Zidane singled out midfield maestros Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, along with forward Karim Benzema, as the trio who stood out during his time at Madrid. “When you see [Toni] Kroos, [Luka] Modric ...

Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane says it is "good news" that Karim Benzema may make a return to the French national team. Benzema has not played for Les Bleus since November 2015, when he earned ...

Karim Benzema scored for the sixth LaLiga game in a row against Celta Vigo, leading to praise from Zinedine Zidane. The Frenchman managed a brace inside the opening 30 minutes to put Los Blancos 2 ...

It was perhaps fitting that former Real head coach Zidane was on hand to present Benzema with the trophy, which is voted for by 100 journalists from around the world. At a “lavish ceremony” at ...

Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribéry, to mention the Benzema case. StarringKarim Benzema Zinedine Zidane Thierry Henry ...

While Zidane would take great pride in Benzema winning the Pichichi Award for LaLiga's highest scoring player, he was not willing to give any hints about his team selection for trip to Butarque.

Deschamps (left) and Zidane (right) were both part of ... "Paul Pogba, for different reasons, is not there, N'Golo Kante, Karim Benzema. "There was also the [Kylian] Mbappe situation.

"I think with the game we played we deserved a lot more," Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane told reporters. "In the end a point is a point. We had chances, the header from Benzema especially.