Paris (AFP)
"The adventure in blue is over" for Karim Benzema, said Saturday the President of the Federation (FFF) Christmas Le Graët, provoking an acid replica of the prolific striker of Real Madrid, absent in selection for four years.
"I have never criticized his qualities and he shows Madrid again this year that he is one of the best players in his job but the blue adventure is over," said the FFF president at the microphone. RMC Sport.
This unceremonious Christmas response Le Graët to the question of his possible reinstatement, posed in particular by Zinedine Zidane who felt that his player had "all his place in the team of France" a week ago, did not taste of "KB9".
"Christmas I thought you were not interfering in the decisions of the coach! Know that it is me and I alone that would put an end to my international career," bombarded Benzema in a tweet particularly relayed.
"If you think I'm finished, let me play for one of the countries for which I am eligible and we will see," enigmatically launches the 31-year-old striker on the blocked counter at 81 caps with the Blues.
Benzema has not been recalled to the French team since October 2015 and the start of the case of blackmail sex-tape against Mathieu Valbuena, for which he was indicted.
This is not the first battle between Le Graet and Benzema: already, a year and a half ago, the boss of the French football had estimated that the relation of the scorer with the team of France was "of the ancient history".
"You have lost an opportunity to shut up," Benzema replied, less diplomatically than Alfredo Di Stefano, who has beaten the number of goals scored in the Champions League for the merengue club (50 versus 49), in the correction (6- 0) inflicted by Real in Galatasaray during the last day of the Champions League.
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