Timo Werner has praised Karim Benzema as one of the best strikers in the world

Werner and Germany will face the world champions France in their opening match of Euro 2020. It will be Benzema’s first game at an international competition since the 2014 World Cup.

France would be more dangerous with Benzema

Timo Werner has praised Karim Benzema as one of the best strikers in the world. Werner and Germany will face the world champions France in their opening match of Euro 2020. It will be Benzema’s first game at an international competition since the 2014 World Cup. He was exiled from the French national team after his alleged role in a plot to blackmail Mathieu Valbuena and for accusing boss Didier Deschamps of “bowing to racists” by leaving him out of the Euro 2016 team. After scoring 30 goals for Los Blancos last season, Benzema has been welcomed back into the squad, and Werner says the France squad would be even more dangerous, adding him to an attack with Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe.

The Benzema-Griezmann-Mbappe trio is extremely dangerous

“It doesn’t make them worse! Karim is one of the best strikers in the world,” Werner said at a press conference. “The trio Benzema-Griezmann-Mbappe, if they play together like that, is of course extremely dangerous.” Timo added: “Of course you learn something from an attacker like Benzema. Just because he has achieved a lot, but also because of his quality, for me, he is incredible with the ball, the way he dribbles, the way he moves, the way he finishes. I think he’s like Roberto Firmino at Liverpool, getting the ball early, distributes and is still fast in the box. With Robert Lewandowski and Cristiano Ronaldo, he forms the top three for me.” While Benzema starts playing again for France, Chelsea forward has fallen down the pecking order with Germany.

Joachim Low has preferred Serge Gnabry as Werner has dropped to the bench and has not started a match for the national team since last November. “Maybe I’m a little behind the starting XI, but that’s not bad either. I’m not a player who sits in the stands with folded hands and unsteady,” he noted. “I put myself at the service of the team. We have a lot of players who all deserve to play from the start. It is a tournament, and we want to be successful as a team. Of course, I want to play, but at this level, it’s okay to leave the bench sometimes. It’s critical to show the coach that you can then help the team.”