RIBEIRAO PRETO, Brazil – Karim Benzema credits coach Didier Deschamps with helping him get through the worst spell of his international career, and now feels brash enough to predict France can "do something extraordinary at this World Cup" after starting it with a 3-0 win against Honduras.
Benzema scored twice against Honduras in Sunday's Group E match, taking his tally to eight goals in the past seven international games, and he played a decisive role in the other goal — the first at a World Cup to be validated by goal-line technology.
The 26-year-old Benzema was left out of the last World Cup squad, and his goals were his first in a major tournament. He flopped at the European Championship two years ago and drew a blank as a raw striker at Euro 2008.
