Crowned Ballon d’Or on October 17, French footballer Karim Benzema announced the end of his international career on Monday, December 19.
Karim Benzema and the Blues, it’s over! This Thursday, December 19, the day after the defeat of the French team in the final of the 2022 World Cup, the Real Madrid striker announced the official end of his international career. In other words, he will no longer wear the number 19. “I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I’m proud of it. !, he wrote on his Instagram account, captioning a photo of him in blue. I wrote my story and ours ends.”
This announcement comes as it is said that KB9, package for the 2022 World Cup due to a “right biceps femoris muscle injury“, would have left Qatar on very bad terms with Didier Deschamps. The ex-ally of Kylian MBappé and Antoine Griezmann would particularly criticize his coach for not having let him stay in Qatar to give him a chance to participate in the final stages of the World Cup after his recovery. He would also be angry with him for not having sought to replace him after his departure. On November 19, the day of the announcement of his withdrawal from the World Cup, the French striker had indeed declared: “In my life I have never given up but tonight I have to think of the team as I have always done so reason tells me to leave my place to someone who can help our group to make a good world Cup.”
Didier Deschamps relieved by the departure of Karim Benzema from the France team?
According to The Team, the departure of Karim Benzema would have actually relieved Didier Deschamps. Indeed, since the return of the attacker in the France team, a malaise would have been created in the group. To the point that the coach takes advantage of his injury to exclude him from the World Cup? Maybe. One thing is certain, according to our colleagues, “the atmosphere was lighter” on the lawn in the absence of KB9. From now on, the contact would be broken Benzema and Deschamps. A silence that is reminiscent of the post-case situation of the sex tape, which had excluded KB9 from the France team for more than five years …
But it’s not for lack of trying. Last year, the return of Karim Benzema in Blue had excited both the press and the French. Everyone hoped to see him form a golden trio with Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann, which he had also done in 2021 by giving France victory in the final of the League of Nations.
But the good agreement will have been short-lived. On December 16, two days before the France-Argentina final, the Real Madrid striker had people talking about him by discreetly tackling the Blues. “It does not interest me“, he had notably written on Instagram in the caption of a photo of him making a face. In story, moreover, the 35-year-old sportsman had posted a photo of his golden ball, declaring: “We have already won“. A mean snub to his former comrades, with whom, however, he would have liked to be …