Madrid (AFP)

Karim Benzema "has his full place in the French team," said Zinédine Zidane, his coach at Real Madrid, the day after the announcement of the list of 23 Blues called for the last two qualifying matches in the Euro. 2020.

"If you ask me the question, Zinédine Zidane, football, (Karim Benzema) is simply the best, so yes, he has his place in the French team," said "Zizou" Friday in a press conference, before moving Real to Eibar, Saturday in the league.

"I know he's very attached to the selection, he always wanted to play it, and after that, I do not know what happened internally ... (...) Footballistically, yes, there's nothing The rest, I do not control it, "added Zidane.

Benzema, excellent since the start of the season at Real and currently in one of the best forms of his career, has exceeded the legend Alfredo Di Stéfano in the number of goals scored in the Champions League for the club merengue (50 against 49), during the correction (6-0) inflicted by the Real in Galatasaray Wednesday in Santiago-Bernabeu. He has not been recalled to the French team since 2015 and the start of the case of sex blackmail against Valbuena.

The French technician also confirmed that the Welshman Gareth Bale and the Colombian James Rodriguez, called with their respective selections while they do not train with the rest of the Madrid group, were "unavailable".

"They are not injured, but they are unavailable." "It's not a technical decision, it's just that they did not train with the rest of the team, so they're unavailable," he said.

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