A week after Karim Benzema’s injury in training and his withdrawal from the 2022 World Cup, it seems that it was not badly experienced by the rest of Didier Deschamps’ squad. Far from it.
The Blues can this Saturday qualify for the round of 16 of the World Cup in the event of a positive result against Denmark. An ideal situation for the team of Didier Deschamps just a week after the shock caused by the announcement of the final withdrawal of Karim Benzema, victim of a quadriceps injury. The shock was violent for the supporters of theFrench team, but a priori within the tricolor locker room there is no real depression and the tears have not flowed. And according to the sports daily, this materialized in the absence of a united group when it came to greet the Ballon d’Or 2022 when he left at dawn. Only Marcus Thuram, close to the Real Madrid striker, having come to welcome him on his return after the examinations which confirmed his serious injury. And Vincent Garcia drops a bombshell by saying that the package and the absence of Karim Benzema for the duration of the World Cup are not experienced as a tragedy.
Karim Benzema out, the Blues don’t care
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. Thank you for all your messages of support ????????❤️ pic.twitter.com/SBalX0juAH
— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) November 19, 2022
And it’s even the opposite, since the locker room of the France team would be even more serene. ” In the opinion of many witnesses, there has been a before and after in the life of the group since the departure of Benzema. At the hotel, the atmosphere seems lighter. It is even a subject of discussion internally or between the players and their entourage. “Explains the journalist from L’Equipe, who paints an astonishing portrait of these Blues who felt a little tense given the enormous place taken by Karim Benzema since he won the Ballon d’Or a few weeks before the start of the World Cup. To the point that some French players felt intimidated. And if KB9 is no longer there, things quickly got back in place, in particular because the young players summoned by Didier Deschamps now feel more zen, while the new boss of France is known.
Too much dignity… pic.twitter.com/gf1gQmt246
— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) November 25, 2022
The media specifies that after the departure of Karim Benzema, « the responsibilities are refocused in attack on Kylian Mbappé, who loves it. “In all this story, one voice has not been heard, it is that of the Ballon d’Or 2022 which, with death in the soul, probably saw there his last chance to win a major trophy with the team of France, he who won everything with Real Madrid. But on Friday night, the nine nevertheless launched an enigmatic message via social networks, a habit for Karim Benzema, a specialist in this kind of cryptic communication. Uploading a photo of him looking at his phone, KB9 writes: “ Too much dignity… “. A message that elicited hundreds and hundreds of responses, some even being convinced that the French striker of the Merengues had decided long ago to ” take pictures with random captions ».
If there were any left who doubted that the journalists of @lequipe were anti-@Benzema today doubt is no longer permitted. #Ashamed pic.twitter.com/d4WQoE9byG
— Karim Djaziri (@KDjaziri) November 26, 2022
However, as of Thursday, Karim Benzema had already challenged his supporters, and those who are not, but this time on Instagram. Evoking the words of Will Smith when receiving his Oscar, the player trained in Lyon launched this quote: “ In this business you have to be able to manage those who don’t respect you. But you have to smile and act like everything is fine. Denzel Washington said to me a few minutes ago “at your peak, be careful because that’s when the devil comes to grab you” “. What necessarily support the theses of a player affected and marked by this huge blow that no one could foresee. While everything smiled on Benzema this year, it was once again France who was the source of this stab in the back of a player as prodigious as him. The people’s Ballon d’Or, as it had been proclaimed, must digest, while Karim Djaziri, a former agent and very very close to KB9, set fire to this Saturday by attacking the Team: ” If there were any who doubted that the journalists of L’Equipe were anti-Benzema today, doubt is no longer allowed. #Ashamed »