They did not believe it and it is a bit of a party night for all the supporters of Real Madrid and Karim Benzema. The return to the France team of the 33-year-old striker was greeted with immense joy tinged with surprise. "When we remember the last press conferences of Didier Deschamps, none of his sentences suggest the return of Benzema, said Toufik, 37, deputy vice-president of CM Aubervilliers and member of the Peña Casa Madridista (
supporters' club of Real in Casablanca)
. For football lovers, it's just beautiful! I dissociate the footballer from the sextape affair where he is presumed innocent. But Benzema had this unfortunate sentence
(Editor's note: the coach gave in to pressure from a racist part of France) ...
This form of forgiveness is a mark of intelligence on the part of Didier Deschamps.
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He pursues.
“At the club, the educators made a lot of debates around Benzema with the young people.
The message is beware, you can be very talented but you can make a mistake that will have a very strong impact on your career… Benzema paid off, he missed a world champion title.
The other message is also that, in life, with dialogue and when you work like crazy to stay on top like him, things can work out.
Me, ten years ago, I was not necessarily a fan of him.
But he gave me so much pleasure by adapting to the demands and values of a club like Real… He is the only one who has remained and at 33, he wears Real almost on his own… ”
"A second wind to boring offensive animation in recent months"
For Maxime, 31, who lives in Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise), "justice is done because it is the best number 9 in the history of the Blues". “I absolutely didn't believe it anymore,” he continues. Who believed it anyway? Even him, I think not. He's so strong… I've seen him play every week since his arrival at Real and he's really too strong. We all knew it was not a question of level or football, but it was still so unfair, ”he continues.
A feeling shared by Julien, 30, from Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise).
“At first, I understood the decision.
And then afterwards, I told myself that it was not possible to sanction someone for so long… I had the impression that Deschamps did not want to call him to talk about it.
It's not even in relation to Giroud or what.
Just that Benzema is in the shape of his life and it's just normal to have him at the Euro ”.
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Youcef, 37-year-old salesman from Seine-et-Marne, also says he is "excited" since the announcement of the return of the Real Madrid striker. “For me, a Benzema comeback was science fiction so far apart the positions seemed, even though I have always experienced it as a huge sporting injustice,” he explains. I am really happy because reason finally wins in this case. I think that with a trio Benzema, Mbappé, Griezmann all Europe of football envies us. I say finally, because we deprived ourselves of the best French striker in activity for too long ... Deschamps has the intelligence to put the interests of the French team above his personal case. It is a sign of intelligence on his part which responds to a sporting logic.This will allow him to breathe new life into boring offensive animation in recent months. "