Espanyol-Real Madrid Solari: "Benzema is a very generous player, he plays very hard"

Santiago Solari facing the media in Valdebebas this afternoon to discuss real MadridLeague meeting with Espanyol in Cornellà tomorrow night.

The last games of the team have sparked optimism … We must continue to do what we have done in recent matches: maximum concentration in the first second. We have to inject all the intensity and energy that we have shown in the previous two games.

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Manage a large team

To be fair as a coach: I'm trying to confront the game with the best possible guarantee of winning. That's what we try to do. We also need to ensure that everyone is fully engaged, involved, focused and working happily every day – it's not easy when you have a large team. This is not easy because everyone wants to play but it's impossible – that's simple math.

Neymar and Vinicius. Vinicius is football – like any other footballer: Courtois, Keylor, Sergio Ramos … The role of the referee is to apply the rules and they do their best.

How do you think Madrid fans see you? It's a question for them. I appreciate the efforts of the players who are the ones who get up to be counted, coach, put their hearts and souls in every workout session to make sure they get into the games in the form that they have recently shown.

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Praise to Benzema

Benzema. He had a long career with many strengths. He is in a good time, he has a good season. He is a very generous player in his understanding of football. It brings out the best of the players around him. He makes tremendous efforts in every game. He plays every game and is generous because he has suffered a lot. He is therefore generous in every sense of the word.

Isco. Here, the only battle that the team faces is the next game and we face it as a team. Now that we are almost a full team, we are not expecting more than Keylor and Vallejo and we will be fully ready for the next battles to come – the first of which is tomorrow, against Espanyol.

Ball. Football is always about the next game and we will see who will play tomorrow and who will play next week. At this moment, the most important game is tomorrow's game. Gareth is vital to us because he is a fantastic player.