Almost a year after the hasty departure of Karim Benzema from Doha while the Blues were preparing to launch their World Cup, some have not digested Didier Deschamps’ decision.
The coming weeks will undoubtedly see the memory of the dismissal of Karim Benzema resurface a few days before the Blues’ first match at the World Cup. A hasty departure motivated by a thigh injury upon his return to training. The French staff then estimated his absence at three weeks and Didier Deschamps did not wish to keep his player, however refraining from replacing him.
The conditions of Karim Benzema’s departure would trigger a controversy, especially since the former Lyonnais would return to training with Real Madrid just two weeks after his departure from Doha. And almost a year later, Ludovic Obraniak still has it bad against the Blues coach. “ Everyone has their own philosophy and I am convinced that a Cristiano Ronaldo or a Messi would never have left the selection if they had been in the case of Karim Benzema », he whispered at the microphone of the Chaîne L’Equipe.
This episode will in any case have ruined Karim Benzema’s chances of winning a new Ballon d’Or, a year after his 2022 coronation. “He also had to digest this Ballon d’Or. When you take it in your head, you’re not necessarily prepared for it. Behind, he was a little injured but he came back so well, he pointed out. This match against Liverpool which remains in the memories etc… He should have been his own successor. However, fate wanted it otherwise. When you’re not in the good books during a World Cup and you go out like this… He’s still 16th outside the World Cup.»
