The output of Karim Benzema of the concentration of France for him Qatar World Cup keep on talking. It’s the first time that Didier DeschampsFrench coach, to whom Le Gräet renewed before leaving the FFF because of his scandals, he gives his vision of that in such detail. It has been in an interview for The Parisian.
The first thing Deschamps does is try to deny that a solid diagnosis of his injury was not made: “It offends us to say that. There is only one truth and Karim knows it well. Karim joined on November 14 after a period of semi-inactivity in his club [jugó 26 minutos con el Real Madrid el 2 de noviembre ante el Celtic]. He followed an individualized program, his return to collective training was postponed. I wasn’t one hundred percent clear that he could start the first game against Australia.”
To which he adds: “When Karim was injured, our doctor took him to the Aspetar clinic to do an MRI. Karim sent the results to his doctor in Madrid who also gave him his opinion. When he returned to the hotel, it was already It was past midnight. I met Karim in his room with our doctor who had come to give me the MRI report.”
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Deschamps assures that Benzema was not going to be able to play until after what was said: “Karim is upset because this World Cup meant a lot to him. He told me that he was dead. In the best of cases, his return to training could not come before December 10.
And he tells how his departure from the concentration was forged: “In his statement on his social network, he expresses his disappointment at having to leave, but he justifies this choice by his concern to think about the team. We were together for about twenty minutes. When I leave him , I tell him: ‘Karim, there’s no rush’. You organize your return with the team manager. When I wake up, I realize he’s gone. It’s his decision, he won’t tell you otherwise, I understand and respect him.”
The friendly, the dressing room…
Another controversial point was the friendly that he came to play with Madrid while the World Cup was being held, showing that he was physically ready. Deschamps doesn’t take such a test too seriously: “Do you really think it’s comparable to the intensity of a World Cup semifinal? Despite his talent and status, which no one has ever questioned, can you imagine him coming back in the last moment? Karim himself told me that he would not have been ready”.
Deschamps also denies that certain players (Lories o Griezmann) will celebrate Benzema’s departure: “Not at all. No player was happy with his departure according to what could be heard or read. Karim also knows it. I don’t know who spreads these rumors. It’s not even controversy anymore, it’s malice. If smiles appeared It wasn’t because Karim had left us, but because the team was winning.”
Karim Benzema, with the Real Madrid captain’s armband
To end the ‘Benzema case’, Deschamps reveals that he spoke to him weeks after the World Cup and there he informed him of his withdrawal from the team: “I called him after the renewal of my contract. We had a long talk. I called him again more recently to know his predisposition for the next calls and he confirmed his decision to put an end to his international career. Don’t ask me about his arguments. It will correspond to him to communicate them or not”, he concluded.
Benzema’s response
Deschamps’ explanation has generated some controversy, even more so after Benzema’s own response. The Real Madrid striker, out this weekend due to a new injury, spoke on his networks after the interview with the coach. He posted two most revealing messages.
In the first, he quoted Deschamps’ own statement about what happened at the World Cup and added: “But how daring.” In the second post, Benzema posts a video in which a person repeats the word “lie” and he writes: “Dear Didier, good night.” An emoji with the clown face ends up shaping his response.
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