Failed again.
Absent in 2010, frustrated in 2014 and not selected in 2018, Karim Benzema attacked the 2022 World Cup with appetite.
“
I have great self-confidence, I have ambition.
I want to go to the World Cup and do everything to win
it, ”said the French international striker (97 caps, 37 goals) after winning the Ballon d’Or a few weeks ago.
It won't be this time.
Maybe never actually.
At 34 (35 on December 19), Benzema has been overtaken by the bad luck that has not let go since his debut in the selection.
Bad luck, but not that, we have to be honest…
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Victim of muscle glitches in the thigh, he had in any case only been able to play 26 short minutes with Real Madrid since mid-October.
First test with the ball since the start of the rally in Blue on Saturday, at the Al-Sadd stadium in Doha.
He came up short.
Thigh injury, three weeks of absence, package for the World Cup.
The ax fell late Saturday evening, after exams at the center…
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