Rare satisfaction from Nice, Amine Gouiri follows in the footsteps of Karim Benzema but …
Nine goals and 4 assists in Ligue 1: Amine Gouiri fully met the expectations placed on him upon his arrival at Nice, last summer. Presented for several years as one of the most beautiful jewels of the training center of theOlympique Lyonnais, the 21-year-old striker emerges as one of the best strikers in his age group.
The Niçois is also the striker born after 2000 the most prolific among the five major European championships behind the inevitable Erling Braut Haaland. Enough to earn him flattering comparisons, the former Lyonnais reminding many observers of a certain Karim Benzema. What the interested party is less and less comfortable with. And this despite the similarities: training in Lyon, Algerian origin, speed, technical ease …
” At first, when I was compared to him, I was so happy, he’s one of the best strikers in the world anyway. But after a while, it’s good, everyone is different, everyone has their own path. People said all the time “the new Benzema, the new Benzema”, it was a bit boring in the long run, I admit. », He confided in the columns of Onze Mondial.
