Benzema returns to the French national team to play the Eurocup


Real Madrid player Karim Benzema.

Real Madrid player Karim Benzema.
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The player of the Real Madrid, Karim Benzema, has been summoned by the french team more than five years after his last summons, after being set aside by the 'Valbuena case ', and he will be with the 'bleus' in the European Championship this summer.

The French coach, Didier Deschamps, the same one who separated Benzema in October 2015, confirmed the news after publicly announcing the 26 chosen for this summer's appointment. "We saw each other, we argued for a long time, it was the most important step, then I had a long reflection and made a decision," Deschamps said.

"I am making decisions for the good of the French team and I think that's what I did with Karim Benzema. But we must not forget that for years the French team won many titles," he added about the big surprise on the list. The merengue forward will share the leading edge with players such as Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé, a highly feared quartet in the continental tournament. In addition to others like Olivier Giroud.

Deschamps has returned to trust the Madrid player '9' after a magnificent season, where the striker born in Lyon 33 years ago has been the great offensive benchmark of the 13 times European champion. Their numbers are incontestable. Benzema achieved this season, in the absence of the last day of the League, a total of 29 goals and 8 assists in 45 matches between all competitions. Figures that have allowed Real Madrid to reach the semifinals of the Champions League and fight to revalidate the league title until next Saturday.

The former Olympique de Lyon, who gained much prominence after the departure of Cristiano Ronaldo, took on even more responsibility after Gareth Bale left on loan last January. Benzema, who has barely missed six games in the entire season, was the top scorer in all competitions. Now, after his great season and five and a half years later, the coach 'bleu' recovers Benzema for this summer's appointment. A European Championship in which he will be able to retaliate after his absence in 2016, precisely when the French acted as hosts.

Benzema was separated at the end of 2015 after his involvement in the 'Valbuena case' for "complicity in the attempted blackmail and participation in an illicit association for the preparation of a crime punishable by a minimum of five years in prison."

The striker - according to investigations - was able to pressure his teammate Mathieu Valbuena to pay a large amount of money for extortion to prevent a video with sexual content from being published. Benzema always claimed that he only tried to advise a friend and never tried to pressure him with the payment. The international striker, who appealed his involvement to the French Supreme Court, saw how it was rejected a few months ago and will be tried at the end of October this year. This case seemed to have cost him his career with the French team, with which he played 81 times and scored 27 goals, but this Tuesday changed history.

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