In recent weeks Real Madrid have not stopped smiling as they have amassed six victories out of their last seven league games but tonight (Thursday) they received less good news when Zinedine Zidane was forced into isolation after being surrounded by a verified Corona patient.
This means that the coach is not expected to stand on the lines in the upcoming league game against Osasuna, as although he has been found negative in a test he has undergone so far, he needs to wait and get a negative answer in another test. The match between the teams is supposed to take place on Saturday at 22:00, but due to a snowstorm in Pamplona, its existence is in doubt and the date may move to Sunday at 13:00.
At the same time, will the Karim Benzema and Matthew and Lavona affair close soon? In France, it was reported today that the Real Madrid striker will be required to stand trial in France for extortion five years ago. As you may recall, Benzema and his friends received an intimate video of Valbuena, and in order for the video not to leak, the striker and his friends demanded 150,000 euros from the then French national team.
The striker was then arrested and questioned by Versailles police but he continued to adhere to his version claiming he had nothing to do with the incident. Eventually, however, Benzema and his four friends will be required to provide explanations when they appear in a stock exchange criminal court.
As you may recall, the same affair shocked French football and as a result Didier Deschamps ousted the two from the tricolor team, and since then they have not returned to represent the national uniform. Although the incident left a huge stain on the Real striker he continued to star on the pitch and became one of the Blancos’ most important players in the last decade. In contrast, the technical connection faded after the same affair as he migrated from Marseille to Dynamo Moscow, Lyon, Fenerbahce and Olympiacos.
Breaking | Karim Benzema will be obliged to appear in front of the Criminal Court in Versailles over the Mathieu Valbuena sextape affair. More follows.
– Get French Football News (@GFFN) January 7, 2021