Benzema committed an error - Deschamps

Karim Benzema is in danger of missing out on Euro
2016 after being banned by the French Football
Federation.

France coach Didier Deschamps said Karim Benzema made a
"mistake" over the blackmail scandal that could see him miss
out on Euro 2016.

Real Madrid forward Benzema has been charged with complicity
in an attempt to blackmail and participating in a criminal
conspiracy as part of an investigation into a sex-tape plot
involving France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena.

Benzema was banned indefinitely by the French Football
Federation (FFF) on Thursday and pending the results of an
investigation could miss out on the European Championship in
his home country next year.

Deschamps admitted the scandal has put him in a difficult
position but he stands by the FFF's decision.

"Karim Benzema made a mistake, it's obvious," Deschamps told
French daily Le Parisien.

"He did not realise the situation he was in. [FFF president Noel
Le Graet's decision] is consistent, from an ethical and moral
point of view.

"It's a case that annoys and upsets me, I could have done
without it, especially six months from the Euro. I did not see it
coming."

France have been drawn alongside Switzerland, Albania and
Romania in Group A of Euro 2016.