Karim Benzema has joined the roster which includes his teammates Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté, Presnel Kimpempe, Wesley Fofana and Mike Maignan
French striker Karim Benzema he joined the unfortunate eleven players who didn’t play the Qatar 2022 World Cup due to injury and joins his teammates Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante – The best of N’Golo Kante, Presnel Kimmpempe, Wesley Fofana yes Mike Maignan in said hypothetical alignment.
The Milan goalkeeper and substitute for the French national team suffered a knee injury in September, in a duel between his national team against Austria in the Nations League and did not recover in time to be in the final squad of 26 players.
Rece James | England | 22 years old
The Chelsea right-back suffered a ligament strain in mid-October during a Champions League match against Milan and, although he did not lose hope until the last minute, he confirmed the news via social media in early November.
The central defender caused the departure of the French national team because he did not recover from an Achilles tendon injury sustained three weeks before Qatar 2022 by his club Paris Saint-Germain before a duel against Juventus in the Champions League League.
The Chelsea centre-back received a hard tackle during a friendly against Villarreal in the team’s pre-season and, although he overcame a fractured fibula, the Frenchman suffered a new knee problem after a duel with AC Milan’s Rafael Leao during a duel in the Champions League. .
In early November, Chelsea and the English side suffered another tough defeat in the squad as the defender sustained a serious cruciate ligament injury during a Champions League duel between the Blues and Dinamo Zagreb.
Paul Pogba | France | 29 years old
Ahead of the French squad’s final concentration, the midfielder suffered a relapse while recovering from knee surgery and was ruled out of playing in Qatar 2022.
Before the final call, the French holding player was excluded from the final list due to a recurrence of a hamstring injury whose recovery time did not fit into the World Cup schedule, as the estimated time was four months .
At the beginning of August, the Dutch Roma midfielder fractured part of his right tibia during preparatory training for the match against Cremonese, corresponding to the second day of Serie A.
Diogo Jota | Portugal | 25 years old
The Liverpool striker is the most notable absence from the Portuguese side following a muscle injury he sustained in his club Liverpool’s Premier League match against Manchester City.
The French striker will not play in the World Cup after tearing a muscle during training this Saturday, three days before his team’s opener against Australia. The player left training where, for the first time since he concentrated on France, he had trained with the rest of his team-mates.
Marco Reus | Germany | 33 years
The striker reappeared from an ankle injury a few weeks ago and looked as though he had arrived in Qatar on time, but a relapse has ruled him out of the tournament.
