All clubs, probably also national teams, would like to have a football player like Karim Beznema in their ranks, but not French coach Didier Deschamps.
For more than five years, the attacker was frozen from the national team because of the scandal with Mathieu Valbuena, so last year Deschamps brought him back for the European Championship. That’s why his behavior before the start of the World Cup, which was widely reported by the media in France, is surprising. Allegedly, Benzema had an injury, but it was not of such a nature that he would leave the national team. At worst, he would miss one game at first and then he could come back.
However, at one of the last training sessions, while Benzema was trying to rehabilitate, Deschamps approached him and, in a conversation, told him: It’s a shame you have to leave. The Real player realized that he was not wanted in the team and left Qatar.
It not only did not shake the national team, but opened more space for other footballers who wanted to stand out and succeeded in doing so. First of all, Olivier Giroud, who with four goals is one of the best scorers at the World Cup in Qatar. It is interesting that although he did not play a single minute, in the event of France’s triumph, Benzema will receive a medal and be led as a world title winner.