The years don’t seem to have any effect on Karim Benzema. At 34, the footballer can be proud of his year. Winner of La Liga and the Champions League, on track to win the Ballon d’Or trophy, the former Olympique Lyonnais striker and scorer has undoubtedly had the best season of his career. On June 15, 2022, a video posted from his Instagram account showed his current excellent form. The Real Madrid striker appeared in a tank top in his gym, his face and chest soaked in sweat. Hip-hop music in the background, the 30-year-old stares at the camera with a dark and determined gaze. “Charbonne it’s your year…“, he captioned on the sidelines of a sequence where he displays a particularly impressive stature.
But if Karim Benzema can set an example today with his attitude on and off the pitch, the Lyonnais has not always been exemplary, far from it. We remember of course his falling out with Didier Deschamps which earned him persona non grata within the France team, but also the famous story of sextape blackmail against Mathieu Valbuena, where the player seemed to have some involvement.
But another news story, a little forgotten, has just been unearthed. Guest of the program LE QG, presented by Guillaume Pley and broadcast on Youtube, Rhoff wanted to make a small secret to the former host of NRJ. Indeed, in 2009, the international tricolor had been accused of having had an accident in Reunion while driving a Lamborghini, during his stay on the island with the rapper. “They were trying to find out who the pilot was. I sway today: it was me”, he confessed. “We had rented cars. We were teasing each other, we were racing. I dislocated and we hit a sidewalk. The tire said Salam to us. We fled like cowards. In the morning we wake up and we sees in the press ‘Who was driving the car?’ It’s gone up everywhere this case.”, he added.
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