With Real Madrid, Karim Benzama faces Liverpool in the CI final tonight. The coach of the Blues hopes that his striker will join the selection on Monday with a victory.
Karim Benzema, the only French international concerned by the Champions League final on Saturday at the Stade de France, will join the selection on Monday evening at Clairefontaine before the League of Nations, coach Didier Deschamps announced on Saturday, indicating that he hoped for a coronation for his center forward. .
“Those who are there have had, for some, a week or 15 days of rest. Karim, he is playing this (Saturday) evening and will join us on Monday evening”, said Deschamps at a press conference at the Yvelines training center. .
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“We haven’t organized anything special (for the final), obviously we’ll watch it together or in different groups. It’s the last big game of each season, with a title of European champion at stake, we will be attentive to what is happening,” added the coach, without wanting to risk a prediction a few hours from Liverpool-Real Madrid.
“Obviously, for Karim it’s better if he can come with a European championship title,” said Deschamps, when asked about his striker’s Ballon d’Or chances. “And in the race for individual awards like the Ballon d’Or, already with what he has done very well this season, if he has that title in addition, it can only go in the right direction” .
Deschamps has called up 24 players for this June gathering dedicated to the League of Nations, with four matches on the program, starting with France-Denmark on Friday in Saint-Denis.
The 23 other players arrived on Saturday at midday in Clairefontaine, on the first day of a gathering which will last 17 days, until France-Croatia on Monday June 13 at the Stade de France. In the meantime, the Blues will go to Split to challenge the Croats (June 6) and to Vienna to face Austria (June 10).