The attacker of Real Madrid overthrew the Finale France-Spain, Sunday. Symbol of successful integration since returning to selection.
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“I really wanted to win a trophy with the team of France, today is done.” On M6, Karim Benzema quickly savored, Sunday, October 10, his first title acquired in selection thanks to The victory of the Blues against Spain (2-1), less than five months after his surprise return in France team.
Absent since 2015, the attacker of Real Madrid only needed eleven dating to win a first corner. The person has not minimized the scope of this League of Nations: “I will take advantage of this trophy, and little by little we will qualify for the World Cup and go get it!”
More than a new line at his track, the native of Bron (Rhône) posed his paw on this final – he was also elected man of the match. He handed over the France team on the rails as a magnificent flask rolled in skylight, unstoppant for the Spanish guardian UNAI Simon (66th).
“When I hit, I knew it was going home,” he reproached in a press conference. Its 33rd goal in selection allows him to get closer to David Trezéguet (34) at the sixth place of the scorers under the blue jersey. A few minutes earlier, just before the opening of the Spanish brand, it is already he who had served Théo Hernandez, then striking on the crossbar (63E).
A complementarity finally demonstrated
Its successful benefit is symbolic of a player fully integrated into the collective. The joy shared by Kylian mbed after his goal wanted to say a lot. Thursday, in the semi-finals, the former Lyonnais had offered the penalty to his comprehensive to allow him to erase the bad memory of the failed goal against Switzerland in the eighth of the EURO 2021. A teammate model then that he could succeed a double. “In the field I’m trying to make my teammates better every time,” he explained on M6, Friday. I wanted it to mark. “
“The return of Karim was an important part for the France team, even if it still requires some land agreements,” admitted Captain Hugo Lloris before confronting Spain. If personally, Benzema had passed its euro with four goals, this “final oven” of the League of Nations has allowed the Benzema-Mbappé-Griezmann attack trio to lift worries about their complementarity, with the spearhead merengue.
Before the qualification for the 2022 World Cup (21 November to 18 December in Qatar), Karim Benzema seems more than ever to the fight for the gold ball awarded November 29th.