World Cup 2022: Karim Benzema will not be replaced

There were Wissam Ben Yedder, Moussa Diaby, Anthony Martial and even Martin Terrier. All of these players were definitely waiting for a phone call this Sunday morning. Nothing will happen. While Karim Benzema, who suffered a left quadriceps injury and was banned from the World Cup, flew back on Sunday, Didier Deschamps announced at Téléfoot that the Madrid striker would not be substituted.

To the question “why did you decide not to replace Karim Benzema?” “, Didier Deschamps stuck to the candid answer: “Because I decided so. “Before returning to the episode that led to KB9’s injury.

“It was not about the confrontation, but about the game, everything was under control. He took another step forward. It was not even a matter of acceleration or impact. It can happen, everything has already been done,” said the Blues coach, disappointed but far from resigned.

After the Christopher Nkunku package, the Karim Benzema package weighs down the France group a little, but Didier Deschamps wants to remain optimistic, assuring that this is not an “apocalypse”. “We already lost Chris, and everyone was sad, but we have a goal, and the group knows very well what awaits us,” the coach concluded.

Didier Deschamps technically had until Monday evening to announce the arrival of a new player to join the roster. But France’s group will thus remain at 25 players. From now on, the Blues can move on to their first match on Tuesday against Australia (20:00 French time). I hope that by then the list of the wounded will not increase.