Karim Benzema was forced to leave the French national team who were already in Qatar to participate in the 2022 World Cup, so the injury he suffered in training was just a pretext devised by coach Didier Deschamps. The news was reported by the newspaper yesterday Beein your Place official, explaining the entire process leading up to the 2022 Ballon d’Or returning to Real Madrid with four days left before France’s debut in the tournament, against Australia.
The attacker suffered an injury to his left leg during training with the Gauls, forcing him to travel to the Aspetar clinic in Doha, accompanied by Frank Le Gal, the team doctor, where he underwent tests. The diagnosis was later communicated to Real Madrid’s clinical department by the player himself, but the situation is, according to the Bee, it wasn’t alarming, as the player was supposed to be available 10 days later at the most. That is, Benzema would be available for the round of 16, so he would only lose the three group stage matches, with Australia, Denmark and Tunisia.
However, what would have been an easily overcome problem turned out to be a headache for the footballer, who was paralyzed the moment he was told he would have to return to Spain.
According to BeeDidier Deschamps and Dr. Le Gal knocked on the door of Benzema’s room, in the Al Messila hotel in Doha, where the blues were concentrated. “I’m sorry Karim, but you have to go,” said the team’s clinician, while the coach remained silent, which according to that Spanish newspaper, would mean that the coach ruled out Benzema because he preferred to give the title to Olivier Giroud. so this would be a way to avoid problems in the team.
The striker did not refute the arguments presented to him, he understood the message and as such packed his bag and returned to Madrid, where he started the next day to recover from the injury at his club. Later, Frank Le Gal even admitted to Benzema that he was merely following an order from the coach…
This revelation could help explain Didier Deschamps’ refusal to answer any questions that arose about the possibility that Benzema could return to Qatar to be an option for selection in the World Cup semi-finals and final.
It is therefore not surprising that last Monday, the day he turned 35, Benzema announced his retirement from the French national team, for which he made 97 appearances and scored 37 goals.
However, the relationship between the 2022 Ballon d’Or and the French national team was never a happy one: after all, he was not involved in winning the 2018 World Cup. Alleged case of extortion against teammate Mathieu Valbuena. The national team ban was eventually lifted in time to help France win the 2021 League of Nations and compete in Euro 2020, held a year later due to the pandemic.
Source: DN
