Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been left uncalled for the French national team since October 2015 with manager Didier Deschamps instead favoring Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud.
Giroud has managed to take advantage of Benzema’s absence and, with 29 goals in 93 games, has become the country’s third-best goalscorer only behind Thierry Henry and Michel Platini.
But the Real Madrid man is convinced he is still a better player than the Chelsea striker.
“You don’t compare Formula 1 with karting, and I am being nice,” Benzema told on Instagram Live.
“Next…I know that I am Formula 1.
“It works because he is there, that is the only reason. It won’t be spectacular, he won’t do something amazing, but he has his thing. Aside from that, does everyone like the way he plays? I don’t know.”
