Benzema criticised

Paris, June 1: Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema on Wednesday faced backlash over his statements on Wednesday about his tiol football team’s chief coach Didier Deschamps regarding his exclusion from the France squad for Euro 2016. In an interview published on Wednesday by Spanish newspaper Marca, the Real Madrid forward said Deschamps has bowed to pressure from a racist group in France, leading to Benzema’s exclusion from the Euro, which kicks off on June 10, reports Efe. The French minister for sports, Thierry Braillard, said these statements are totally “unjustified and ucceptable”. (IANS)