The topic of the day. In May 2021, Karim Benzema made his return through the front door. After five years of exclusion and misunderstandings followed the sextape deal, Didier Deschamps ends up changing his mind about the Real Madrid striker.
“I took the time to think, to have my feelings, to have analyzed what we said to each other, I never said that Karim Benzema was not selectable, everyone has the right to make a mistake, “said the France manager upon the player’s return.
Why are we talking about it? Why did Didier Deschamps change his mind? How did your reintegration go?
To analyze. “What makes him change his mind is to see which player Karim Benzema has become. He’s not the same player he was five years ago. He’s transformed, he’s much drier, much fitter. He’s completely transformed his diet. He’s never been. been so strong It is also possible that Didier Deschamps planned the return of Benzema as insurance in case of difficult Euro. He didn’t want to be in a situation of failure and not have called such an irresistible player. “explains Vincent Duluc, journalist of L’Équipe.
“It is obvious that all this remains secret, there we touch the famous, the eternal pragmatism of Deschamps., In the preponderant place of Kylian Mbappé in the group that Karim Benzema can provide a counterweight, because plus they have a connection, even if they don’t have the same personality, they have a real connection. She felt, at one point, that the risk-benefit ratio was finally shifting towards the advantage. And then, it was also this way of saying, here it is, it is I who decide, you have been asking me for years, I am not giving up and I am doing it right now, wherever I want “adds Philippe Sanfourche, head of the football section of RTL.
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