{"id":15293,"date":"2016-04-14T05:13:38","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T05:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15293"},"modified":"2016-04-14T06:17:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T06:17:18","slug":"benzema-blackmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/benzema-blackmail","title":{"rendered":"Karim Benzema Has Been Officially Ruled Out Of The Euro 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Benzema, whose legal restrictions were lifted after being investigated by the police, was hoping to be\u00a0readmitted in the French team. He posted a video on his Facebook page with the following caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whatever happens&#8230; Once a Blue, always a Blue!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15295\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15295\" style=\"width: 703px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/x600x337_benzemavalbuena_chantage_sextape-jpg-pagespeed-ic-rcplamefod.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"703\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/x600x337_benzemavalbuena_chantage_sextape-jpg-pagespeed-ic-rcplamefod.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/x600x337_benzemavalbuena_chantage_sextape-jpg-pagespeed-ic-rcplamefod-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15295\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francebleu.fr\/cruiser-production\/2016\/02\/f2879a70-74e1-492a-b7f5-283789cf6398\/x600x337_benzemavalbuena_chantage_sextape.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rCpLAmEFoD.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>A big disappointment<\/h2>\n<p>France&#8217;s head coach, Didier Deschamps, and Le Gra\u00ebt had a closed-door meeting to discuss Benzema&#8217;s situation. The FFF later issued a statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c[The head coach] Didier Deschamps and [president] No\u00ebl Le Gra\u00ebt met to discuss the situation of M. Benzema. The president of the federation and the coach would agree that athletic performance is an important but not exclusive criterion for selecting the France national team. The ability of players to work towards unity, in and around the group, are also taken into account. As a result, No\u00ebl Le Gra\u00ebt and Didier Deschamps decided that Karim Benzema will not participate in Euro 2016.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Benzema shared his disappointment on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cUnfortunately for me and for all those who have always supported me. I am not selected for our Euro in France &#8230;\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15294\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15294\" style=\"width: 703px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-14-at-1-02-35-am.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"703\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-14-at-1-02-35-am.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-14-at-1-02-35-am-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e7\/Karim_Benzema_vs._FC_Schalke_04_(16647992937).jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Valbuena was also left out from the team. Benzema has scored 25 goals in 29 games for Real Madrid this season. He has also netted 27 goals in 81 caps for France.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/ronaldo-record-2\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks An All-Time Record In La Liga As Real Madrid Comfortably Beat Eibar.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French football federation (FFF) president, No\u00ebl Le Gra\u00ebt has officially confirmed that striker Karim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Karim Benzema Has Been Officially Ruled Out Of The Euro 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"He was hoping to be 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