Spain defender Alvaro Arbeloa has heaped praise on France forward
Karim Benzema ahead of their Euro 2012 quarter-final meeting in Donetsk.
Benzema
is yet to get off the mark in the tournament but Arbeloa feels that for
all of France’s attacking options, the former Lyon forward is the
principal threat to Spain’s chances of progressing to the last four on
Saturday.
“They are a really balanced team with a lot of talent up front,” Arbeloa told EFE.
“Logically,
a lot of the attention is on Benzema, (Franck) Ribery and, with the
form he’s in, (Samir) Nasri. They’re game-changers.
“But at the moment Benzema’s the king of the jungle.
“Karim
is one of the best players in the world today and the people who are
lucky enough to see him every day are even more aware that nobody has
his intelligence for the game.”
