Benzema, inevitable banishment? – Sports.fr

Recent statements by Mathieu Valbuena leave no room for doubt. Between him and Karim Benzema, something broke around the case of the sextape, and the two men can never coexist in the France team. Whatever the responsibilities of one or the other, Didier Deschamps will have to decide.

After the affair Zahia or strike Knysna, hexagonal football is again sullied by a non-sport record. This time it is a blackmail case to the intimate video which places the French Football Federation in trouble. Mathieu Valbuena, victim of attempted extortion, has had to deal with an intermediary appointed Karim Benzema, whose responsibility was not engaged until his guilt has not been established by the courts.

But in the state, while the investigation is ongoing and that the Real Madrid striker was indicted and placed under judicial control, the attacking midfielder trained in Bordeaux shared his great disappointment and see one of his France team teammates betray him. Already, it appears possible that both men can once again wear the tunic hit the Rooster together, especially in a big competition like the Euro, which requires daily coexistence of a little over a months.

As to be expected, Didier Deschamps finds herself with a beautiful thorn in just six months of the competition held on our land. If justice indicts Karim Benzema for his possible role in the case, the choice of the coach will be found and that is all that will be excluded KB9 the Blues.

But if he is exonerated, the relationship between the two men will not allow to call them together and put the group’s life in danger. The 1998 world champion will then take a firm and irrevocable decision. Favouring a playmaker at a good level but still totally involved at the Blues, or the most talented player he has at his disposal an individual point of view, moreover undisputed holder in one the biggest clubs in the world?

If it follows its course of action, the former manager of the OM should not hesitate a moment, and the career of Karim Benzema at the international level would be probably over. Then he just turned 31 years, that of “Small Bike” not very last long no matter what, he who has also seen his performances drop in quality since its signing Olympique Lyonnais. Until the statue justice on this burning issue, Didier Deschamps him until next March to mature its thinking, with scheduled appointments face the Netherlands and Russia on Friday 25 and Tuesday 29.