"A sporting choice, point bar", Deschamps very firm on the Benzema case

Let it be said once and for all, Didier Deschamps has no personal problem with Karim Benzema. This is essentially the message given by the coach of the Blues in a documentary broadcast this Friday after the tricolor victory in Iceland (1-0) in the qualifiers of the Euro 2020. Still as effective at Real Madrid, the scorer of 31 years has not been summoned to the French team since October 2015, nearly four years.

"It's a sporting choice, no point, I think it's not a good thing for the France team," the coach said in his TF1 documentary. was not bad either for my pleasure or against … But it's because I consider things in relation to the team of France and what this jersey represents. all."

Deschamps: "Several versions but one truth"

The ouster of Karim Benzema among the Blues seems yet intimately linked with the legal disputes of the Real striker, including the case of the sex tape of Mathieu Valbuena. But obviously, this is not the main reason for his absence in the French team, said Didier Deschamps.

No more than a supposed racism of the technician. "There is only one truth in life, there can be many versions but only one truth, I have a lot of trouble with those who want to make believe that it's the truth," said the coach of the Blues to the attention of those who accuse him of racism in the Benzema dossier, which is beyond all understanding, I am not in football for that. " A firm focus that may well, finally, close the debate that agitates France football since 2015.