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Real player Karim Benzema was “very proud” of his return to the French national team, after being included this Tuesday in the 26 called-up list. For the upcoming European Championship, he highlighted the “confidence” coach Didier Deschamps gave him once again.

I am very proud of this return to France and the confidence they have placed in me. Thanks to my family, friends, club and you … and everyone who has always supported me and gave me strength on a daily basis, ”Benzema wrote on his Twitter account after hearing the news.

The 9 madridistas He has not played for Blue since October 8, 2015, when he scored two goals and provided the decisive pass against Armenia. In a friendly match. However, on that day, he was actually whistled by his fans in Nice after being involved in the “Valbuena Affair”.

Specified Didier Deschamps stopped calling him and after five years and seven months he changed his mind after the wonderful season of the Real Madrid player.He is the author of 29 goals and eight assists in 45 matches. This was confirmed to the media Tuesday.

We saw each other, argued for a long time (…), I had a long thought and then made a decision, “Deschamps said after the list was presented for the European Championships this summer. Benzema would wear number 19 as the newspaper lead.”the team, The same number he was already wearing in his time as a player at Olympique Lyonnais.

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