It’s a thunderclap. The one the Blues feared in the sky of Qatar. While the first information this Saturday was positive with the return to collective training of Karim Benzema and Raphaël Varane for the first time in the rally, the Real Madrid striker suffered a stoppage three days before starting. in terms of the France team in this World Cup in Qatar. The Ballon d’Or indeed came out of this session injured, revealed RMC and L’Equipe, which announces its withdrawal for the first match. What makes fear the worst, even if it will be necessary to wait to know more about the gravity and the nature of this injury.
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Benzema and Varane resumed collective training this Saturday
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Karim Benzema, however, seemed on the right track. Spared since the start of the rally, like his former Real Madrid partner, due to recurring thigh discomfort in recent weeks, the former Lyonnais was even according to The team in the team of “holders” during the implementation carried out by Didier Deschamps and his staff this Saturday. Enough to augur a presence against Australia for the Madrid striker whose last match played in full dates back to October 19 in La Liga (against Elche). But now, he had to cut short his session due to a new injury, which would not be linked to his worries of the last few weeks according to RMC.
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Waiting for the severity of his injury
Three days before the first match against Australia, the question is no longer whether he can hold his place against the Aussies. But more to know the seriousness of this injury to know if the Blues are likely to count on him for the rest of this World Cup. KB9 will take exams this Saturday evening to see more clearly. Deschamps will then make the decision to keep him or call a new player before Monday evening, which he can do until the day before the first match of the Blues.
In any case, it’s a new black cloud that has just been added in the sky of the world champions, already deprived of many executives to defend their title (N’Golo Kanté, Paul Pogba, Presnel Kimpemb) and already impacted by Christopher Nkunku’s package. On the other hand to put a little balm in the heart of the Blues, Raphaël Varane was able to participate in the entire session.
Forced to train apart like Benzema since his arrival at Clairefontaine on Monday, the vice-captain of the Blues was on the substitute side this Saturday, leaving the duo Ibrahima Konaté – Dayot Upamecano to take their marks in the opposite team for a possible tenure on Tuesday. It is not so surprising as Didier Deschamps will play it safe with the pillar of his defense, who has not played since October 22 with Manchester United and his hamstring injury. And it is not this new episode in the soap opera Benzema that will push Deschamps to play with fire.
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