[國際賽]法國公佈歐國盃大軍名單，賓斯馬（Karim Benzema）相隔六年再次入選 [復制鏈接]

Karim Benzema in France's Euro 2020 squad amid blackmail trial - sources

France coach Didier Deschamps will call up Karim Benzema to his 26-man squad for Euro 2020, sources told ESPN, despite the striker facing trial for alleged blackmail. The decision comes more than five years since Benzema's last cap.

Deschamps will announce his squad on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET live on French television.

After being a key player for the national team coach from 2012 when Deschamps took over from Laurent Blanc, the two men fell out over Benzema's alleged involvement in the Mathieu Valbuena sex tape scandal.

In an interview with Spanish newspaper Marca, Benzema accused Deschamps of having "bowed to the pressure of a racist part of France" when agreeing to leave him out of the squad.

The Real Madrid striker is suspected of pressuring Valbuena in 2015 to pay blackmailers who threatened to reveal an intimate video in which Valbuena featured. Benzema will stand trial from Oct. 20-22 on the charge of complicity in attempted blackmail. He denies any wrongdoing.

While Deschamps has not picked Benzema since October 2015 and said he would "never forget" Benzema's comments, he has never stated that he would not call him up again. Benzema was named best French player in a foreign league by the French professional footballers' union on Sunday.

Four other people will also stand trial over the attempted blackmail scheme. When the story broke, Benzema faced a deluge of criticism, and then-Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he had "no place" in the national team.

Benzema, who will hope to win La Liga with Real Madrid on the final day of the season this week, has starred for Zinedine Zidane's men this season, with 22 goals and eight assists in 33 league matches.

Sources told ESPN that Benzema never lost hope of playing again for France and that he had always felt he could bring something to the team. Sources added that Benzema held out hope of a reconciliation with Deschamps and that the plan is for the striker to return as a starter in the country's first choice XI.

Benzema will form a front three with Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappe and Barcelona's Antoine Griezmann, who are both big fans of the returning striker. Griezmann has played with Benzema for France before, including in his last cap, away in Armenia in October 2015, when they both scored.

Euro 2020, suspended from last summer because of the coronavirus pandemic, kicks off on June 11. France are in Group F along with Hungary, Portugal and Germany. Benzema has appeared 81 times for France and scored 27 goals.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/france-fra/story/4388705/real-madrids-karim-benzema-included-in-frances-euro-2020-amid-blackmail-trial-sources

【Now Sports】法國主帥迪甘斯正考慮，重召闊別國際賽6年的賓斯馬歸隊。
皇家馬德里前鋒賓斯馬（Karim Benzema）自基斯坦奴朗拿度離隊後，獨力肩負起得分重責，今季各項賽事轟入29球，腳風極順。

法國《隊報》披露，國家隊主帥迪甘斯正考慮重召賓斯馬出戰夏天歐國盃，以最強火力爭奪錦標。

6年前，賓斯馬因涉及「性愛錄影帶」風波，被指有份威脅隊友華布拿，因而被迪甘斯踢出國家隊，多年來慘吃閉門羹。這名33歲老馬的涉及案件仍未結束，並排期到今年10月20日上庭，而他至今一直否認任何指控，堅持清白。

賓斯馬早在2007年首次代表大國腳，擁有81頂喼帽，射入27球，過去6年錯過了1次世界盃冠軍和1次歐國盃亞軍。

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EURO 2020 squad:

GK: Lloris, Mandanda, Maignan
DEF: Dubois, Pavard, Zouma, Koundé, Varane, Lenglet, Kimpembe, Digne, L.Hernandez
MID: Kanté, Pogba, Rabiot, Tolisso, Sissoko
ATT: Benzema, Giroud, Mbappé, Thuram, Coman, Ben Yedder, Griezmann, Lemar, O.Dembélé

Didier Deschamps on Karim Benzema: "We met, we spoke at length, I then thought very hard and came to make this decision."

Didier Deschamps on Karim Benzema: "I needed this chat, he needed this chat. I don't want to make this a specific case. As national team boss, I have always look beyond my personal case. My responsibility is important, but it is bigger than me."

Didier Deschamps: "Anthony Martial would have been here [in France's Euro 2020 squad], but he is not available. His condition does not allow it."

World Champions who miss out:
- Alphonse Areola (PSG)
- Nabil Fékir (Real Betis)
- Blaise Matuidi (Inter Miami)
- Steven N'Zonzi (Rennes)
- Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
- Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City)
- Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona)
- Adil Rami (Boavista)
- Djibril Sidibé (Monaco)

【Now Sports】法國周二公佈歐洲國家盃26人名單，賓斯馬相隔6年後終歸隊。
皇家馬德里前鋒賓斯馬（Karim Benzema）因涉嫌以性愛片段威脅當時隊友華布拿，因而被踢出國家隊，自2015年10月後未嘗出戰國際賽。為了召集最強人腳，法國主帥迪甘斯終放下前嫌，重召今季射入29球的賓斯馬回歸，「我們面對面詳談過，才有這個決定，我向來不理個人問題，國家隊利益凌駕一切。」據《隊報》指，賓斯馬將會穿19號參賽。

「高盧雄雞」人才鼎盛，33歲的賓斯馬入圍也未必穩獲正選，正箭頭位置要同安巴比、奧斯文丹比利、基斯文和馬卡斯杜林爭奪位置。主要名單包括熱刺門將羅利斯、巴塞隆拿的朗格利、拜仁慕尼黑的柏華、皇馬中堅華拉尼、車路士的蘇馬、祖雲達斯中場哈比奧、藍軍全能王干堤、拜仁翼鋒高文等。

貴為2018年世界盃盟主，法國是今季歐國盃奪冠大熱，6月15日首場就要面對3屆冠軍德國，同組對手還有匈牙利和衛冕的葡萄牙。

估唔到Benz馬仲有機會回歸

我係賓斯馬就唔踢啦