Real Madrid star Karim Benzema embarrassed French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the upcoming final.
The French newspaper, Le Parisien, revealed that Benzema declined an invitation from Macron to travel with him to Doha to watch the final.
Macron and Benzema
The French star has also raised other controversies with mysterious messages, through his Instagram account, in which he said he is not interested.
Benzema posted a photo of himself with Zinedine Zidane, while receiving the Ballon d’Or, and wrote in it: “Good night”.
One more problem The absence of the Frenchman of Algerian origin Karim Benzema The Real Madrid captain in the training camp of the French national team between the World Cup and league matches raises controversy, especially after the player’s reaction through his social network accounts.
It all started with France coach Didier Deschamps’ surprising reaction to a question about the striker during the press conference following France’s 2-0 win over Morocco in the World Cup semi-finals.
Deschamps was asked if there was a chance Benzema would join the squad for the final and gain a few minutes against Argentina on Sunday after recovering from injury.
Deschamps answered the question with a “sigh” and then said, “I’d rather move on to the next question.”
Karim posted a photo of himself on ‘Instagram’, commenting: I don’t care, and also reposted the photos during Zidane’s Ballon d’Or crowning last October.