5 years, 8 months and 7 days. The time spent by Karim Benzema away from the France team since his last appearance in blue during a friendly match against Armenia (4-0), in Nice on October 8, 2015. Without the striker of the Real Madrid, put aside for its alleged involvement in the sextape affair and its consequences, the Blues shone by reaching the final of Euro 2016 (0-1 defeat against Portugal) then climbing on the roof of the world on July 15, 2018 in Moscow (4-2 victory over Croatia). While the history of the Madrid striker in the selection seemed well and truly over, Didier Deschamps chose, to everyone's surprise, to call him back to compete in the 2020 European Championship (June 11-July 11). Benzema (81 caps, 27 goals), will therefore be there to challenge Germany (June 15),Hungary (June 19) and Portugal (June 23) in the group stage. A return that is already sparking ink and can divide. Do you consider that Deschamps was right to recall Benzema in blue?
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