Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Antoni Griezmann and Hugo Loris indicated as the culprit of the departure Karim Benzema of the French national team at the 2022 World Cup.
Benzema had to “exit” the 2022 World Cup squad with a thigh injury before the tournament took place. However, quoted by Besoccer According to journalist Romain Molina’s upload on his YouTube channel, Benzema’s injury is not serious and he can play against Tunisia in the last group match.
Ahead of the 2022 World Cup final against Argentina, Benzema has a great chance to play as he has recovered and trained with Real Madrid. It’s just that coach Didier Deschamps has chosen not to call Benzema to Les Bleus anymore.
After France failed to win the 2022 World Cup, Benzema chose to retire from the national team. Journalist Romain Molina in his tweet assessed that the Benzema case at the 2022 World Cup was nothing more than the conflict with Griezmann and Lloris.
When Benzema left the French national team, Griezmann and Lloris supported the decision. Griezmann and Lloris are not happy with Benzema in the national team and being the captain because they consider themselves the leaders of the team.
Molina also said that most of the French squad did not believe in the performance of team doctor Franck Le Gall. For this reason, the players have chosen to trust the club doctor more.
Molina’s post went viral on Twitter. Following his tweet, a number of netizens uploaded the moment Benzema returned to the French national team ahead of Euro 2020.
In the video from netizens, Hugo Lloris and Antoine Griezmann show flat reactions. Meanwhile, several players like Raphael Varane and Kylian Mbappe have embraced Benzema.
Benzema, who retired from France, would be willing to return to the national team if Zinedine Zidane becomes the new coach to replace Deschamps.
Karim Benzema retired from the French international after appearing in 97 games since his March 2007 debut under Raymond Domenech. Throughout his career, Benzema has presented only one trophy for France, the 2020/2021 UEFA Nations League.
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