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Zinedine Zidane cannot believe it: The Real Madrid player that could end up in jail

The French coach was not expecting one of his main players to be facing a trial and a possible time in prison. He still trusts him and thinks he is innocent.

By Fredi Roman

The French coach was not expecting one of his main players to be facing a trial and a possible time in prison. He still trusts him and thinks he is innocent.
The French coach was not expecting one of his main players to be facing a trial and a possible time in prison. He still trusts him and thinks he is innocent.
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Everything was going fine at Real Madrid, but bad news for the team came for a trial that will happen soon, involving a felony from one of its main players. It is an accusation that has been talked about for many years, but this time it reached a point where the case will be solved on court.

Zinedine Zidane is worried about this, but he is still confident that his player did not commit a crime and this will be a past thing. In a press conference, Zizou added that he sees him fine, calm and concentrated on his job, family and hobbies, and hopes that the situation will be fixed in Karim Benzema's favor.

That is because the French striker and Zidane's favourite is accused of blackmailing Mathieu Valbuena, a former teammate in France national team in 2015 a plan organized by his childhood friends with the striker being part of it. Valbuena has said to be angry and disappointed with Benzema, while the Real Madrid striker denied the accusations.

According to the accusations, Benzema told Valbuena to pay the blackmailers to avoid them to leak a the Olympiakos player's sex tape. However, Zinedine Zidane is completely sure that his player is innocent and will not sanction him. In fact, he is just waiting for the veredict to say that the former Lyon star did nothing wrong and end this problem.


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