Didier Deschamps can not escape it. Each public speaking, the coach of the France team must tirelessly answer questions about the case Benzema and its consequences for the Blues. The former Monaco coach stays true to a line of conduct: loyalty to the president, the Christmas Graët, who decided last week that the Real Madrid striker would not be selectable as it would be under the threat of a judicial conviction. While all began at the rally of the Blues in October at Clairefontaine, Deschamps ensures this Friday in an interview with the Paris have nothing perceived. “This is a case bothers me, irritates me and that I would have gone well, especially six months of the Euro. I did not see it coming. “
” I think having supported Valbuena “
Since the beginnings of the case, he is regularly criticized the French Football Federation not to have sufficient proclaimed his support for Mathieu Valbuena. What Deschamps denies. “I traded with him from the start, then I made certain decisions in November and I still talked to him since. So I think I have supported. Mathieu is the victim in this case, he decided to complain. Inevitably, these are difficult situations to live, but who can blame him something? I do not have to defend it because it is charged with anything. Today it remains an important player for the team of France. “
” The presumption of innocence is a principle of law “
But while defending the Lyon environment, DD does not blame Benzema provided. He even regret the media treatment of which he is subject. “I think there is excessive things, including the fact that we can find PV plays in the press. Good for newspapers, but when it is a public figure, is often condemned before trial. This does not apply specifically to Karim, but the presumption of innocence is a principle of law. “” Someone once told me: “As a coach, you give a lot to the players but do not expect anything in return. “ It’s terrible to say this, but in the end this will not experience disappointment, he continues. Karim made a mistake, obviously. But I think it did not assess the situation in which he found himself. And I’m not saying this to defend Karim, but players today have such a way of expressing them, inconceivable in my day. They have a different language. “
” Those who will be there will be thoroughly and together “
If the case calls into question the participation of Benzema and Valbuena to Euro 2016, from 10 June to 10 July next, it could also weigh on group life and atmosphere at Clairefontaine. Deschamps does not want to believe it, he who gives so much importance to the fact that his group pursue a common goal. “Those who will be there and will thoroughly together. They should be. But you may think that in my time we were 22 players and we were kissing all the time? The unit is on the ground. For the rest, there are affinities and groups, but not clans. “The question is whether it will stand up to six weeks of life together.
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Written by Geoffrey STEINES
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