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00:00I don't think people understand why Benzema is the most hated player in France.
00:04What he did to his best friend will really break your heart.
00:07Have you ever thought about why Benzema didn't play in Euro 2016
00:11and in the 2018 World Cup when he was shining in Madrid?
00:15I will tell you why.
00:16You know Benzema grew up in Bronx, a state that was known for being full of mafias,
00:20but football helped him to escape from that rough land.
00:23In 2015, Mathieu, a Benzema teammate and friend,
00:27some private videos of him were leaked to a group of mafias who started threatening him.
00:31They would release the video if he didn't pay 100,000 euros.
00:35Mathieu discussed with Benzema what he should do,
00:37and Benzema told him to just pay the money to them quickly and not mess with them.
00:42But Mathieu decided to go to the police and told them Benzema advised him to pay them.
00:46That led to the police investigating Benzema's phone
00:50and revealing that Benzema and his old hometown friends were threatening Mathieu
00:54and he was banned for five years from the national team.
00:57If you felt sad for Mathieu, hit that like button.