The story between Karim Benzema and the French team will have been particularly stormy. If he finally compiled 97 selections and 37 goals with the Blues, the former Lyonnais will have remained no less than six years away from the selection. The fault of his involvement in the case of blackmail at the Sextape against Mathieu Valbuena and his remarks against a background of racism about Didier Deschamps.
While his return to the French team appeared completely utopian, Didier Deschamps created the surprise in the spring of 2021 by summoning him for the euro, causing a real earthquake. The reactions of the French team executives were at least shy, some did not hide their reservations at the idea of seeing the Madrid return.
Antoine Griezmann's anger
This was in particular the case of Antoine Griezmann, one of the natural leaders of the Blues. The Mâconnais clearly feared that he was no longer in the light and his reaction for a simple visual on Twitter is to say the least revealing. Unhappy to see Karim Benzema being put forward, the n ° 7 Tricolore would have set fire to the powder, forcing the leaders of the French Football Federation to react.
“” Giroud was one of the most popular guys in the French team group. As much Griezmann not at all. And that's normal. I remind you that Griezmann is scandalous when there is Benzema's return because we see Benzema too much on the Twitter visual, Romain Molina explained in an interview with Aloha News. There is a meeting of the FFF executive committee for that anyway. »»
