The gods of football will not have made life easier for the Blues.
After N'Golo Kanté, Paul Pogba, Mike Maignan, Presnel Kimpembe and Christopher Nkunku, Karim Benzema's turn to forfeit Saturday evening for the planetary meeting.
Injured in the left thigh in training, the Ballon d'Or 2022 left Qatar in the early morning of Sunday, heading to Madrid.
“
Despite this new setback, I have full confidence in my group.
We will do everything to meet the immense challenge that awaits us
”, swears Didier Deschamps who preferred to stay at 25 elements rather than call a new player along the way for “
the commando mission
”.
Despite this umpteenth annoyance, reasons for hope remain.
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Mbappé on the front line
Despite Karim Benzema's Ballon d'Or status, the boss of the tricolor attack was still Kylian Mbappé, "
not a player like the others
", as Didier Deschamps recently admitted.
With the Madrid package, the question does not arise…
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