frederic38
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i just calculated how many minutes benzema has spent whithout scoring with the french national team right now: 615 minutes!
deschamps made giroud his main striker (he was titular at every match except against finland where he was injuried) but it's hard to put benzema on the bench because he's so overrated
so he used benzema as a winger against japan
benzema was suposed to give the ball to giroud, and giroud was suposed to score
but unfortunately once again benzema showed unacceptable behaviour
in the match against japan, he didn't give a single pass to giroud
giroud on the other hand offered him 3 passes, one of them should have been a goal but benzema missed it (a pathetic header)
even worse, after the match, benzema clearly said that he didn't like to play as a winger, and he put the pressure on the coach
it's not the first time that he does this, he did it while he was a lyon: http://youtu.be/_eYD1hU3En0
while such behaviour could be understood from an incredible goalscorer (i think lisandro lopez was right to say that he had to play as striker and not winger at lyon for example), it's unacceptable from a player who has only 15 goals in 54 matches for the french national team
here's deschamp's reaction when benzema dumbly chose to shoot from an acute angle while giroud was alone in the penalty area:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/41/1350147218-capt-121013-h185043-003.jpg
http://www.noelshack.com/2012-41-1350147202-capt-121013-h185043-001.jpg
he was obviously not happy with what benzema was doing
deschamps made giroud his main striker (he was titular at every match except against finland where he was injuried) but it's hard to put benzema on the bench because he's so overrated
so he used benzema as a winger against japan
benzema was suposed to give the ball to giroud, and giroud was suposed to score
but unfortunately once again benzema showed unacceptable behaviour
in the match against japan, he didn't give a single pass to giroud
giroud on the other hand offered him 3 passes, one of them should have been a goal but benzema missed it (a pathetic header)
even worse, after the match, benzema clearly said that he didn't like to play as a winger, and he put the pressure on the coach
it's not the first time that he does this, he did it while he was a lyon: http://youtu.be/_eYD1hU3En0
while such behaviour could be understood from an incredible goalscorer (i think lisandro lopez was right to say that he had to play as striker and not winger at lyon for example), it's unacceptable from a player who has only 15 goals in 54 matches for the french national team
here's deschamp's reaction when benzema dumbly chose to shoot from an acute angle while giroud was alone in the penalty area:
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/41/1350147218-capt-121013-h185043-003.jpg
http://www.noelshack.com/2012-41-1350147202-capt-121013-h185043-001.jpg
he was obviously not happy with what benzema was doing