adminMADRID. — France’s top scorer Karim Benzema yesterday accused coach Didier Deschamps of bowing to pressure from a “racist” political party by not choosing him for the country’s Euro 2016 soccer squad.
Real Madrid striker Benzema also said he was denied the chance to play for France in the Euro 2016 this month because of his Algerian origins.
Benzema’s comments, published by a Spanish sports magazine nine days before France hosts the tournament, have deepened a row about alleged racism in the national team that was once seen as a model for ethnic integration.
Last week, Eric Cantona accused coach Didier Deschamps of omitting Benzema and another French-born player of North African descent, Hatem Ben Arfa, because of their foreign roots. — AFP.
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