In the "sex tape" case, Benzema wants a confrontation with Valbuena

Defense Karim Benzema, indicted in the affair of blackmail "sex tape" exercised his Bleus teammate Mathieu Valbuena, asks the court confrontation between the two footballers, she said Tuesday AFP.

"We demand this confrontation," said without further comment one of the lawyers of Benzema, Alain Jakubowicz, confirming a report in Le Parisien newspaper.

Once the application is formally filed, it will be up to the judge Boutard Nathalie, who investigated the case in Versailles, to decide whether and how such a confrontation.

Benzema, center forward of Real Madrid, was indicted for attempted blackmail of complicity and participation in a criminal conspiracy, facts liable to five years imprisonment.

Above all, his judicial forbidden to date to contact Valbuena, leaving open a big doubt about its presence in 2016 in the Blues for Euro organized in France (June 10 July 10).

The French Football Federation, civil party in this matter, should take a position on the case at a Benzema its president Christmas press conference Graët Thursday, two days before the draw for the Euro-2016 will determine the opponents of the Blues in the group stage.

After each presentation their story to the judge and pending this possible confrontation, both players shared their view of the case in the media.

In an interview in Le Monde in late November, Valbuena had charged Benzema, ensuring being encouraged by the Spaniard to meet his blackmailers: "Encourage, it means" He'll have you pay "Indirectly.".

"I am not guilty," defended Benzema last week on TF1: "I spoke with the heart with Mathieu Valbuena (...) When I hear about blackmail, we asked money, it drives me crazy. I did not need money. "

Benzema, Nasri and Varane, the most followed on Twitter French athletes. Top 10 in 2015

Karim Benzema is the French athlete who has the most followers on Twitter. 

Tony Parker would feel very alone if the team captain of France basketball leaning on the ranking of the most watched national sport on the social network Twitter. He would see that he is the only one not to tap your feet in a balloon, now in the Top and again, well away from the top three that make up Karim Benzema, Samir Nasri and Raphael Varane.

Benzema, Nasri and Varane are the most followed

Two bad boys of the tricolor football and becoming a player at the top of the hierarchy but overall the Blues of Didier Deschamps have power over the microbloging network, present at number eight in ten. Apart from Tony Parker, another "exception" of the Top 10, if one can say so is Thierry Henry, now retired footballer but which remains the top scorer in the history of the French team.

Tony Parker, the only one who did not play football

On average, a French sportsman Top 10 most followed on Twitter has 1.9 million followers or roughly the average of Tony Parker. Note however that even by adding all the followers of the French Top 10, the figure remains below the 39 million followers of Cristiano Ronaldo, the world star athletes on all social networks.

The 10 most followed sports in 2015 French on Twitter

• 1. Karim Benzema (@Benzema) – 3.307.584 folloowers
• 2. Samir Nasri (@SamNasri19) – 2.613.914
• 3. Raphaël Varane (@raphaelvarane) – 2.548.597
• 4. Thierry Henry (@ThierryHenry) – 1.939.188
• 5. Tony Parker (@tonyparker) – 1.768.886
• 6. Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) – 1.621.570
• 7. Antoine Griezmann (@antogriezmann) – 1.541.803
• 8. Olivier Giroud (@_OlivierGiroud_ ) – 1.533.792
• 9. Blaise Matuidi (@MATUIDIBlaise) – 1.323.564
• 10. Mamadou Sakho (@mamadousakho3) – 1.202.540

High Voltage skyrocketing at Sampdoria after slaps in Soriano, on retreat in Catania?

The defeat remedied at Marassi against Sassuolo last Sunday of the very heavy for Sampdoria . And not just because the club Sampdoria remain just two points above the relegation zone. The jolt that the patron Massimo Ferrero wanted to give on November 15 with the dismissal of Walter Zenga and the hiring of Vincenzo Montella has not yet borne fruit.

The three defeats out of three races remedied by Sampdoria with Montella on the bench (four consecutive knockouts if it includes the last game played with Zenga on the bench) have made the fiery atmosphere around the club Sampdoria. After the defeat against sassuolo, it would take place also a regrettable episode.

Some players Sampdoria would be stopped on the street by a group of ultras leaders that they would have asked for an explanation for the bad game played with neroverdi. The captain of Sampdoria, Roberto Soriano , one of the players stopped by the ultras, had a heated quarrel with them and, as reported also 'Tuttosport', it would also be slapped.

Tension is high in home Sampdoria and already during Sunday's game the fans of South Stairs had challenged the team asking for more commitment and had then studded booing the players at the final whistle. Fans have saved from contesting the only Montella, evidently considered less responsible for the difficult situation in the team.

Team that will start Thursday in retreat away from Genoa, as decided by mutual agreement between the company and the team, so he can prepare for the important match next Monday against Lazio with greater peace of mind, without the pressure made by fans. The venue of the retreat but not yet been decided, but it also speaks of the sports center of Torre del Grifo in Catania as a possible choice.

Juventus and Fiorentina on top in Europe, now counts only winning the group

It has specified very well Massimiliano Allegri at the press conference. Against Sevilla are prohibited missteps. Not winning, or not keep the first place in the group after so much effort, it would be unforgivable. The translation of the words of the Juventus coach is simple: no turnover . And patience for anyone who has not played much.

Now, if Allegri will confirm what he has said to the media ( "This time the owners are cheap ..." , ed), the training that Juventus made ​​object to Seville is taken. In front of Buffon, classic 3-5-2 with Barzagli, Bonucci and Chiellini in defense, Lichtsteiner, Sturaro, Marchisio, Pogba and Alex Sandro in midfield, Dybala and Morata in attack . The alternatives of course are pochine, as Pereyra, Evra, Hernanes , Khedira and Mandzukic were in Turin for several reasons, Asamoah and Padoin were not included in the list UEFA, Caceres is not yet ready and Lemina is still bruised. Less than a chance to surprise Zaza, Cuadrado and Rugani, Juve the Sanchez-Pizjuan should be one that you have read above. Better at the time, Allegri could not deploy.

Ultimo atto della prima fase di @UEFA @ChampionsLeague. Pronti per #SivigliaJuve? #UCL pic.twitter.com/bMmkoQuzwh

— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) December 7, 2015

Someone warn the Leghorn. But how, Sunday night is the Fiorentina and against Sevilla we risk all holders? Sure, you might say for a moment taking up the defense of Allegri. The first place in the group is too important, and too close at hand to have it escape. Switch to the knockout stage as top of the class in one of the most difficult of all the Champions League , it means encountering - in theory - an opponent more affordable in the spring. Maybe it will not, and the same road as the Juventus last year would be enough to disprove what we are saying, but it is there for all to see that the draw of the Old Lady of last season have been quite benevolent.

Here, get used to it would be a mistake . If the results obtained so far have allowed Juventus to play for the top spot until the end, why not take this chance and give everything even in the last game? And then, you know, winning helps you win. Since eventual victory in Sevilla accrue new convictions which could then help children Allegri to make full loot in the league, against Fiorentina.

Champions League - Probable lineups and statistics AS Roma - Bate Borisov

Rudi Garcia has few options available in attack, with Edin Dzeko and Iago Falque sure the place holders: Gervinho does not recover in time for the game to be in or out with the Belarusians.

Probable lineups and statistics Rome-Bate Borisov match on Wednesday at 20:45 for the final day of Group E of the Champions League.

The probable line

Roma (4-3-3): Szczesny; Maicon , Manolas, Rudiger, Digne; Pjanic, De Rossi , Nainggolan; Florenzi, Dzeko, Iago Falque. All .: Garcia.

Out: Capradossi, Gervinho , Totti . Suspended: none. Misses : Nainggolan and De Rossi.

Bate Borisov (4-2-3-1): Chernik; Zhavnerchik Polyakov, Milunovic, Mladenovic; Yablonski, Volodko; Stasevich, Hleb, Gordeichuk; Mozolevski. All .: Yermakovich.

Out: none. Suspended: none. Misses : Milunovic, Mladenovic, Polyakov, Volodko.

Statistics Both teams still have chances to qualify to the knockout behind Barcelona already assured of first place. Roma, with 5 points, some would pass with a win or a draw, and the failure to win the Bayer Leverkusen on Catalans. Bate, with 4 lengths, would qualify for a win at the Olimpico and the contemporary lack of success of Aspirin on Barcelona.

The final qualification of the Roma in the second round of the Champions League dates back to 2010-11. He comes to this challenge with the worst defense in the group stage, with 16 goals conceded in 5 games. Including qualifying matches, Bate has not won any of the five games away from home in the competition, losing the last three.

The only tie of Belarusians in Italy dates back to 0-0 with Juventus on 10 December 2008. Dmitri Likhtarovich, Vitali Rodionov, Igor Stasevich and Aleksandr Volodko have all played that game, while the current technical Aleksandr Yermakovich had entered 89 'in what would be the last presence in Europe as a player.

Higuain scores a goal per game, but Napoli is still suffering in the province

Napoli us falling back again: after climbing the standings with an extraordinary series of useful results, the Napoli team goes field of a 'small'. A trend that unites the group Sarri with management license plate Rafa Bentiez .

 As was the case under the management of the Spanish, the current Napoli player Sarri is in trouble in the fields of the province. As reported by the 'Gazzetta dello Sport', had happened earlier in the season against Sassuolo, then I draw against Sampdoria and Empoli, up to the braking against Genoa and last knockout against Bologna's Dall'Ara.

The most convincing performance came against their big instead of this Serie A, reflecting a style of play that opponents prefer more open. The Azzurri are obviously in trouble when faced teams well covered by the defensive point of view.

The bad day was partly cheered by the usual great performance by Gonzalo Higuain , author of the second one-two in a row after that trimmed Inter. The 'Pipita' travels the fearsome scoring average of a goal every 90 minutes in the league, even if you mix also improved the goals of the Europa League: a network every 86 minutes, the overall figure.

Have 69 goals scored so far in blue from Higuain in twenty-seven months, 105 of Diego Armando Maradona is still far, but at this rate the Argentine striker is expected to forcefully enter the Napoli history.