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Camera spots Karim Benzema's reaction as Olivier Giroud nets twice after replacing him

9 June 2021, 13:32

Olivier Giroud scored a late brace for France as they beat Bulgaria 3-0 in their final warm-up game before the Euros.

Giroud came on for Karim Benzema, who returned to the France national team after a six-year absence for the tournament.

Many thought that Benzema would directly replace Giroud in the starting XI - in case you forgot, the two share somewhat of a rivalry as Benzema called his teammate a 'Go-Kart' and himself a 'F1 car' a couple of seasons ago.

Well, cameras caught Benzema's amused and hilarious reaction to Giroud's second goal of the night.

The Real Madrid forward was speaking to Kylian Mbappe on the bench and could do nothing but smile as his replacement scored 2 goals with ease:

Didier Deschamps now has to decide who he wants to start up front - it should be an interesting battle!