The sky fell on the head of the Blues this Saturday evening with the announcement of Karim Benzema’s package. Forced to stop his training altogether at the end of the day, the striker underwent tests at the Aspetar hospital in Doha which revealed a lesion of the right femur, at the level of the quadriceps of the left thigh. The Real Madrid and Les Bleus striker is forced to stop for at least three weeks, which deprives him of the World Cup in Qatar.
After announcing the terrible news to its selection partners, the Ballon d’Or reacted on its Instagram account. “In my life I have never given up but tonight I have to think about the team as I always have, so reason tells me to leave my place to someone who can help our group to do a great World Cup. Thank you for all your messages of support, go Blues, ”wrote the former Lyonnais.
A little earlier on the Federation website, coach Didier Deschamps had also had words for his center forward: “I am extremely sad for Karim who had made this World Cup a major objective. Despite this new blow for the French team, I have full confidence in my group. We will do everything to meet the immense challenge that awaits us. »
The staff was still wondering this Saturday evening about the need to call a replacement. A point must be made this Sunday morning to decide on the subject while the possibility is given to Deschamps to replace an injured player until the day before the first match against Australia, Tuesday evening (8 p.m., TF 1).