Karim Benzema and Didier Deschamps continue to answer each other by interposed declarations. As the Voice of the North explains, the Real Madrid striker has indeed delivered a new message via his Instagram account on Saturday. “Well, I’m going to have to explain myself to the people” posted in story the former Blues striker, in a photo of him sitting on a car, head down and arm raised.
The affair restarted on Saturday with an interview with Parisian Didier Deschamps, where the coach of the Blues explained that the striker, forfeited through injury at the World Cup, “told him that he would not have been ready” for the continuation of the tournament, version disputed with irony by the player.
Hit in the thigh, the Ballon d’Or 2022 had to give up the World Cup in Qatar three days before the entry into the running of the French team against Australia, and had left the hotel in a hurry. selection in Doha. But he finally resumed training with his club on December 10, four days before the semi-final against Morocco. “Karim told me himself that he would not have been ready”, underlined Didier Deschamps.
“When Karim was injured, our doctor accompanied him to the Aspetar clinic for an MRI, also told Deschamps. Karim forwarded the results to someone following him in Madrid who also gave him an opinion. When he got back to the hotel, it was already after midnight. I joined Karim in his room with our doctor who had come to give me the report of the MRI (…) Karim is bruised because this World Cup meant a lot to him. He said to me: It is dead”.
“We stayed together for about twenty minutes, added the boss of the Blues. 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 learn that he has left. It’s his decision, he won’t tell you otherwise, I understand and respect it.
These statements by Didier Deschamps were greeted with irony by Benzema (35 years old, 97 caps, 37 goals), who has since announced his international retirement. On Instagram, the Real striker published a screenshot containing remarks from the interview, adding the phrase “But what audacity”, embellished with a clown emoticon. He also shared the video of a French snapchatteur, Ritchie, who repeats the word “liar, you are a liar”. Above this excerpt, the scorer wrote: “Sacré Didier… Good night”.
