Euro 2020: France announce their squad numbers, Benzema will wear jersey no 19 while Mbappe will wear jersey no 10 - Report Minds Euro 2020: France announce their squad numbers, Benzema will wear jersey no 19 while Mbappe will wear jersey no 10 | Report Minds

Euro 2020: France announce their squad numbers, Benzema will wear jersey no 19 while Mbappe will wear jersey no 10

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France announce their squad for the upcoming Euro 2020. It's been gathered that European tournament is expected to kick off in early June.
Didier Deschamps side are preparing for the tournament. Recall that France finished in second place after they were defeated by Portugal in the last edition of the European competition.

Recall that days ago, Didier Deschamps surprised fans after he named Karim Benzema in the squad for the competition.

The Real Madrid striker has been out of the French national team since the past five years after he was allegedly involved in a blackmail scandal along with his team mate Valbuena.

Although, Karim Benzema form this season cannot be over looked following his goal contributions for Real Madrid who are currently in second position in the La Liga.
Deschamps has announced his squad numbers for the tournament and it was another surprise that Karim Was wasn't handed the jersey number 10.

Instead, Didier Deschamps has opted to hand the jersey number 10 to Kylian Mbappe. While Benzema will wear the No.19 jersey. 

Recall Mbappe expressed his excitement about the recall of Benzema into the French national team.

Mbappe said: "I am very happy [with Benzema's call-up]. I have always said that I wanted to play with the best players. There are not many players who are better than Benzema in the world. He is going to give us what he knows how to do.

"He has played for Real Madrid for 10 years. He knows what pressure is, he has experience and he has talent above everything. It is easy to adapt to the great players. So, I am sure that he will adapt very quickly."

Chelsea's Oliver Giroud will continue to wear his No. 9 shirt for the Les Blues, Manchester United Paul Pogba retains his jersey number 6. Also, Hugo Lloris will wear jersey number 1, Barcelona's star Antione Griezmann will spot number 7 jersey. 



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