France team: "Our story ends", Karim Benzema announces his international retirement

New thunderclap for the France team.

The day after the French defeat in the World Cup final, Karim Benzema announced that he was retiring from international football.

Package for the World Cup due to a muscle tear, the Real Madrid striker will therefore no longer wear the tricolor colors.

“I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I'm proud of it!

I have written my story and ours is ending,” he wrote on his Instagram account.

I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I'm proud of it!

I have written my story and ours is ending.

#Nueve pic.twitter.com/7LYEzbpHEs

— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) December 19, 2022

Benzema gave Les Bleus fans no respite and broke the news on his 35th birthday.

The career of the Lyonnais comes to an end after 97 selections and 37 goals.

His last match for the national team took place at the Stade de France, in a defeat against Croatia at least last June.

The striker's tricolor history has been marked by a long break.

Following the Valbuena sextape affair, the Ballon d'Or did not wear the rooster's jersey between October 2015 and June 2021. Didier Deschamps recalled it ahead of Euro 2021, during which France failed in the round of 16 against Switzerland.

Since then, he has won the League of Nations by taking on a key role in the final tournament against Belgium (3-2) and Spain (2-1).

During this World Cup, the KB9 case made people talk.

Several cryptic posts on social media have drawn attention and her relationship with Deschamps has taken a mysterious turn since leaving Qatar, before the start of the France national team tournament.