Rami vindicates Benzema

Much ink has been spilled about Karim Benzema's continued absences from the French team. Didier Deschamps removed the madridista at the end of 2015 after being accused by his former teammate Mathieu Valbuena of extortion. The French coach has remained firm in his decision and Karim has not worn the elastic 'bleu' since. There have been few who have positioned themselves on the attacker's side over the years: Zidane did it and received his pertinent response from Deschamps. Now it is Adil Rami who has given his opinion on the matter and has acknowledged that it is “very frustrating not to have Benzema on this team.”

The Boavista defender has given an interview to Le Parisien, which has been published after the French puncture against Finland (0-2). Party, the latter, in which the offensive ineffectiveness of the current World champions was the protagonist. In this context, the words of the former Valencia central defender, among others, resonate with greater force, if possible: “It's very frustrating not to have Benzema on this team. To say this is not to be against Olivier Giroud. We also need Giroud because he is a scorer. But if there was a reconciliation with the coach, it would be great to see Benzema in blue again. Taking part in some great competition is important for Karim. This story is too stupid. If you need to apologize publicly or in front of the coach, do it Karim. Think 'les bleus'! “.

Giroud, who is already the second top filmmaker in the history of the national team, took part a little over a month ago in the crossing of statements to try to put an end to the existing controversy, fueled by Benzema himself: “I have always been criticized by a little the absence of Karim Benzema, that supposed rivalry, armed from scratch by some people. The history of karting and F1? The story made me laugh. I have no hard feelings about it. Perhaps my career would have been better with Karim Benzema and playing both. But we will never know. “

Complicated reconciliation

We will see if Rami's words have a response from any of the parties. Although communication between the two has been broken for a long time, as Benzema recently recognized in 'Universo Valdano': “I had a problem and I thought 'I have to talk to the coach.' I never had an explanation. I think that came from above. And it is over. The good thing is that this has allowed me to rest more and be 100% for Madrid. It didn't hurt to see that they were world champions, I wanted to be there, of course, but I have won the Champions … Many titles. Honestly, it hurt me more that they didn't give me explanations than not having lifted the World Cup. “

With Real Madrid, the story is very different and it has become the team's most dangerous weapon since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Turin. With France, however, it seems difficult for him to add some more internationality to the 81 accumulated (27 goals) until the episode with Valbuena. At least if Deschamps is still in charge.