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Behind the scenes of Karim Benzema's return to the French team

2021-05-22T21:24:36.300Z


BIG STORY - The secret had been well kept around the surprise selection of the Real Madrid striker. Explanations.


A well-kept secret.

In a higher place.

For the most unlikely return of a player in the history of the France team.

Even above, for its part irrational and unexpected, that of the myth Zinédine Zidane in 2005. From Madrid to Paris, via Lyon, until forty-eight hours before the coup de théâtre, no one he saw nothing coming and had no idea of ​​this twist.

Before the information filtered through Tuesday at our colleagues from the

Parisian

.

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Sign of great discretion and a plan that worked wonderfully.

On this point, Didier Deschamps succeeded in great widths, using malice, sometimes in bad faith but above all pragmatism to surprise everyone and recall against all expectations Karim Benzema in the list of 26 players brought to aim for victory. during the next Euro (June 11-July 11).

More than five years and seven months after his last call-up for the French team (October 8, 2015 in Nice against Armenia), the striker

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Source: lefigaro

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