The presence of Karim Benzema in the French national team it is a debate that always comes up every time ‘Les bleus’ concentrate without the forward of the Real Madrid. Something that has happened since October 2015 when Didier deschamps, national coach, together with Noël Le Graet, president of the Gala Federation, decided to remove the Madrid player for his alleged involvement in a crime of blackmail towards Mathieu Valbuena.
Since then, the national group of France has won a world (2018) and has been runner-up of Europe in 2016. For its part, Karim
Benzema, with the Real
Madrid, has won 3 Champions
League, two Suspenders, two European Super Cups, two Spanish Super Cups and 3 Club World Cups.
Statistics at a personal level
But as if it were not enough at the collective level, it is at the individual level where Benzema more has stood out. Above all, after the departure of Cristiano, having emerged as the leader of the team in attack.
So, in all this time Benzema He has not attended the national team, he has played 256 games, scored 132 goals and distributed 47 assists, leaving an average of 0.5 goals per game and 0.18 assists per game played.
Always questioned Karim
Benzema he has managed to turn all his critics around with tremendously satisfying seasons in the scorer section. Especially the 18/19 campaign, the first without Cristiano, in which the Frenchman played 53 games (his record until then) and scored 30 goals.