Three years after being proclaimed world champion at the World Cup in Russia, Didier Deschamps' French team has once again triggered the euphoria of the fans after the unexpected return of Karim Benzema. Without a doubt, the news of the year in French football was the return of the forward of the Real Madrid, who has not played a match with Les Bleus since October 2015. It has been six years in between, and France has been runner-up in Europe and world champion, but Benzema's return is an incentive for a team that has left doubts in the last months.
Benzema's return is not only emotional for France, but also means adding the missing piece of the puzzle to a team that already has one of the best attacks in the world. Since landing in Clarefontaine last Wednesday, Benzema has not detached himself from Mbappé. In fact, the Real Madrid striker has already welcomed Chamartín in several interviews and has winked at him, ensuring that it is very easy to play alongside him and that they play one-touch in training.
Deschamps' first eleven to prepare for the Eurocup could leave us for the first time a pair formed by Benzema and Mbappé that would have Griezmann as the icing on the cake. The French coach would try a 4-3-3 against Wales on Wednesday with Benzema and Mbappé at the attack point and with Griezmann playing freely from behind, that is, a system that could resemble a 4-4-2 in diamond with the of Barcelona as vertex. The only doubt generated by the formation is to know if Griezmann and Benzema can play together, since both are players who like to get between the lines to participate in the circulation of the ball of their team and that could be a problem for Deschamps, although they have already played. together years ago with the national team and the result was extraordinary.
The presence of Benzema in the eleven also opens the debate of whether both he and Giroud can play together. The Chelsea man, who will not play against Wales after joining late for the Champions League final, is the team's second all-time top scorer and has been the great beneficiary of Benzema's six-year absence. At a press conference, the Real Madrid man already made it clear that they could play together in attack and it is not ruled out that Deschamps will try it before the European Championship.
Possible eleven for France against Wales: Lloris – Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Lucas – Tolisso, Rabiot, Pogba – Benzema, Mbappé, Griezmann.