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Real - Chelsea: the Spanish press ignites for Benzema and still does not understand his absence in the France team

2021-04-30T19:47:26.212Z


After the performance of Karim Benzema, scorer with Real Madrid against Chelsea (1-1) in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League on Tuesday


Much ink has been written about his goal. One more to store in his gallery of exploits. Tuesday evening, in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League, Karim Benzema once again saved his family by allowing a badly embarked Real Madrid to win the draw against Chelsea (1-1). His header control followed by a volley under the crossbar keeps the hopes of qualifying next Wednesday in England. Now the fourth top scorer in the history of the competition with 71 goals, tied with former Real Raul striker, Benzema has ignited the Madrid press.

After the final whistle, Marca simply called on Didier Deschamps to revise his decision not to retain the former Lyon striker in the France team since October 2015 and his alleged involvement in the sextape blackmail case against Mathieu Valbuena.

The Spanish sports newspaper considers that the coach of the Blues will "deprive" the world of football by not calling the star of 33 years for the Euro scheduled this summer (June 11 - July 11).

"That this player does not participate in the European Championship is a crime", lambasted the daily.

"Benzema is hope"

This Wednesday morning, Karim Benzema is making the headlines of the two main Madrid newspapers. As, who salutes the French striker - "Benzema is the hope" - even wonders about the player's chances of winning the Ballon d'Or this season, thanks in particular to impressive statistics (21 goals in La Liga, 6 in Ligue champions). His expected absence from the Euro will nevertheless deprive him of greater exposure.

Marca for his part, underlines the "recital" of Benzema who "scored a great goal, almost put another with a shot that crashed against the post, and showed that he was a capital leader in addition. to be a crack. He understood the game better than anyone and even the massive, physical Chelsea players couldn't do anything against him ”. A festival during a match where Olivier Giroud, the striker of the Blues, remained on the bench of the Blues. What relaunch the debate on the selection of Karim Benzema in the France team. At least in Spain.

Source: leparis

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