Benzema misses the World Cup due to injury, it’s official: France loses the Ballon d’Or

The World Cup in Qatar loses one of the protagonists announced on the eve of the opening whistle. Karim Benzema he will be forced to miss the world championship due to injury. After the examinations of the case, France lost hope of being able to count on the 2022 Ballon d’Or for the tournament. A very heavy tile for coach Didier Deschamps, but also for all the competition that has to do without one of its brightest stars.

Benzema’s muscle problem turned out to be more serious than expected, as anticipated in unison by Le Parisien and RMC Sport and later confirmed by the French Federation. The problem in the quadriceps of the left thigh leaves no way out for Real Madrid’s offensive side. Initially, it was thought he would certainly miss Tuesday’s opener against Australia, but confidently in view of the other group matches.

But the investigations did not bring good news. Big bad luck for Benzema, who would have played in the second World Cup with the Blues at the age of 34, after the 2014 one. After learning the results of the tests, the suicide bomber left Aspetar Hospital, in Doha, limping and with an expression of regret. These are the words of the official note of Les Bleus: “Hit in the quadriceps of the left thigh, Karim Benzema is forced to give up participating in the World Cup. The entire team shares Karim’s sadness and wishes him a speedy recovery.”

Karim Benzema will be forced to leave the retreat of Deschamps’ team who have not had much luck so far. Incidentally, the coach who had already missed two 90 shots in midfield, such as Pogba and Kanté, now had to deal with the absence of Kimpembe and Nkunku. Everything points to more space for Giroud, as happened in the Russian world cup, with Deschamps hoping to get the same results.