Five years after an exile from the France national team, Karim Benzema said he is looking to put the past behind him. In 2016, Benzema had also said that Deschamps had "bowed to the pressure of a racist part of France" when leaving him out of the Euro squad that year. There are always regrets, we cannot turn back, we can just change from the past," Benzema, who has 27 goals in 81 games for France, told reporters on Sunday. Benzema will team up with 22-year-old Kylian Mbappe, who led France to the World Cup title in 2018, and the striker praised his younger teammate. France, which finished runner-up in 2016, is in Group F along with title holder Portugal, Hungary, and Germany.
