Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – French player, Karim Benzema, has raised speculation and questions after a “mysterious” post he made the day before the French national team’s match against its Argentine counterpart in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar.
Benzema posted a photo of himself on his official page, the photo-sharing site ‘Instagram’, with a commentary in French, in which he said, ‘This doesn’t concern me’, without providing any further details or references, which sparked a interaction among activists on social networking sites.
The French national team had announced, before the start of the World Cup, Benzema’s absence from the World Cup in its twenty-second edition, due to injury, after medical tests showed that he was suffering from muscle pain in his left thigh.
The ‘Roosters’ striker had suffered a previous injury with Spanish club Real Madrid, to his right foot, which forced him to miss recent ‘Merengue’ matches.
For the first time since 1978, the Ballon d’Or winner will miss the World Cup finals, as Karim Benzema won the Ballon d’Or this year.
Benzema will miss the World Cup for the second time in a row, as he was not in Russia in 2018.
Karim Benzema is considered the leader of the first line in the ranks of the French national team, along with Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann, and has a rating of 37 goals, having participated in 97 international matches.
