After his first two struggles Euro 2020 French team Karim Benzema (Karim Benzema) returned coach Didier Deschamps’ confidence with two goals and helped the world champion qualify for the first place in Group F on Wednesday.

Les Bleus drew 2-2 with the defending champion Portugal They were given 5 points and played the last 16 games against Switzerland on Monday.

Benzema returned to the team after being absent for nearly six years (including the dispute with Deschamps) and looked something wrong in the first two games against Germany and Hungary.

Before the game, in a warm-up match, the Real Madrid forward missed a penalty for France for the third consecutive time.

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Thanks to the support of Karim Benzema, the French team ranked first in the group stage!

Portugal finished Group F in third place and advanced.

Nice game, that…?

Portugal 2-2 France #PORFRA #bbceuro2020 #EURO2020

-BBC Sports (@BBCSport) June 23, 2021

However, it was Benzema who stepped up the penalty kick at the end of the half-not the other forwards Kelian Mbappé or Antoine Griezmann-to score 1-1 after Cristiano Ronaldo’s opener. To tie the score, this is also a penalty.

“It’s nice to see. He has been looking for goals, but he has not lost confidence or my confidence because of this,” Deschamps said, he ignored France’s call for Olivier Giroud to return to the starting lineup.

Earlier in the second half, Benzema’s clinical shot from Pogba’s through ball put the French team in the lead again, and Ronaldo’s second penalty was not enough to place them first in the Group F standings.

On Wednesday, the constantly threatening Mbappe won the French team’s penalty. Griezmann scored a goal in the last game against Hungary-but Benzema is now the team’s top scorer in this game.

“I’m under a lot of pressure, it’s normal, but I never give up and focus on creating space and opportunities,” said Benzema, A Muslim of Algerian descent, he accused Deschamps of bowing to racists when he excluded him in 2016.

“I really have no doubts, but I know that after five or six years of absence, people have a lot of expectations.”

Benzema has not scored for the French team since October 8, 2015, when he scored two goals in a 4-0 victory over Armenia.

“He needs those goals, and the country needs him to score,” said 1998 world champion Yuri Djokov.

French central defender Rafael Varane is happy for his Real Madrid teammates. “It’s not easy for him. Now, he will become super confident, and the confident Karim is exactly what we need,” he said.

Hungary export

On Wednesday night, Leon Goretzka’s goal helped Germany drew 2-2 with Hungary. This tug-of-war allowed Germany to win the game against Hungary on June 29. United Kingdom At Wembley.

Hungary It looks like they will shock Germany and make them withdraw from the game after Adam Szalai’s header scored in the 11th minute.

Kai Havertz equalized Germany in the 66th minute, but a few seconds after the restart, when Andras Schafer ran past the defender and headed the ball into the net, Hungary regained the lead.

But with head coach Joachim Loew (Joachim Loew) replaced the bench to get the points needed to advance to the top 16, Goretzka’s strike provided the last lifeline for the German team.

Roland Varga of Hungary with the fans after the game against Germany on June 23, 2021 [Pool via Reuters]

For more than half a century, the Hungarians have been wondering whether they will once again have a proud national team, but when their players stand in front of their supporters and sing the national anthem with tears, obviously the long wait is over. .

Records will show that Hungary failed to win the three games in Group F of the 2020 European Cup and was at the bottom, and was eliminated.

But another way to look at the results of Hungary is that, despite being seen as hopeless people in the toughest group, they still remain the favorites of the world championships and championships in France, and they qualify for the distance with the victory in Germany. There are 6 minutes left – until Leon Goretzka equalizes the score.

If it hadn’t been for the last six minutes of their first game against Portugal, they would have conceded three goals, they could have been unbeaten-and as far as their loud and proud supporters are concerned, they could have been unbeaten.

Hungary is proud to withdraw from the game, although UEFA will investigate “possible instances” of discrimination in racism and anti-racial discrimination allegations.LGBTQ carol.