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France team: Giroud "wrote" to Benzema just after his withdrawal from the World Cup

2023-01-22T16:55:36.498Z


During an interview for Canal +, Olivier Giroud returned to Karim Benzema's withdrawal from the World Cup because of an injury and his return to


The misfortune of some is the happiness of others.

When Karim Benzema was forced to leave the France team in Qatar due to injury on November 20, Olivier Giroud lost a teammate... but won a starting place, which he kept until this Homeric final concluded at the penalties against Argentina.

In an interview for the Canal Football Club, the Blues striker returned to this episode.

Olivier Giroud's reaction to Karim Benzema's departure at the start of the World Cup 🗣️



🇫🇷 The French striker's interview tonight on Canal Football Club at 7:30 p.m. on CANAL+ 🔜 pic.twitter.com/HQqpCWdHp4

- CANAL + Foot (@CanalplusFoot) January 22, 2023

"I wrote him a message as soon as he left, since we couldn't say goodbye to him and it was sincere and spontaneous," said Giroud.

I told him that we were disappointed, that I was disappointed to see him go.

When his withdrawal was announced, Benzema immediately boarded a Doha-Madrid flight in the early morning, without saying goodbye to his teammates, which took some of them by surprise.

“Always the same ones who try to look for problems”

“After in football, sometimes injuries benefit some, continued Giroud.

It benefited me, but I was never seen declaring anything or saying that I was relieved or happy to see him go.

It's always the same people who try to look for problems in this team, when there are none.

“The two players have indeed often been opposed by the followers, the Milanese n°9 having largely taken advantage of the absence of the Madrid player to occupy the tip of the Blues.

This facade "opposition" had reached heights in 2020, when Benzema had summed up the debate between him and Giroud to an opposition between F1 and karting.

But the relationship has, publicly, always been good between the two men: when his compatriot returned to the France team in 2021, Giroud had explained in particular that he saw “Karim’s recall as something positive.

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Source: leparis

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