France team: Benzema’s curse continues

If Karim Benzema is one of the most talented French players of recent years, as evidenced in particular by his Ballon d’Or 2022, he nevertheless has a rather complicated history with the national team. The last few years have been marked by many twists and turns between the French team and Benzema, who has seen a certain curse continue to hit him in 2022…

2014, the Neuer nightmare

When world Cup 2014, the journey of theFrench team stopped in the quarter-finals againstGermany. While we remember the tears ofAntoine Griezmannanother image also remains in mind: stopping Neuer manual. In the German goals, the porter of the Bayern Munich disgusted the Blues, starting with Karim Benzema. And this stop marked many people, the one where Neuer had stopped an overpowered strike from KB9… one-handed.

The long layoff

Of course, when we talk about the history of Karim Benzema With l’French team, we cannot forget his long sidelining by Didier Deschamps. Following the affair of the sextape of Matthew Valbuenathe goalscorer real Madrid had then been left aside. His performances didn’t change anything, he wasn’t called up for more than 5 years. What to miss Benzema some of the greatest moments of the Blues of the last moments with the Euro 2016 final and especially the title of world champion in 2018.

A mixed comeback in 2021

Finally, Karim Benzema and Didier Deschamps explained themselves and to everyone’s surprise, the Ballon d’Or 2022 was recalled by the coach of theFrench team to compete in Euro 2021. While we were already seeing big for the Blues with the trio Benzema-Mbappe-Griezmannit turned into a fiasco with an elimination in the round of 16 on penalties against the Swiss.

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The 2022 package

Absent in 2018, Karim Benzema wanted to shine in Qatar for the world Cup 2022. Called by Didier Deschamps, the Madrilenian could not help the Blues during this competition. Arrived physically diminished, Benzema injured his thigh a few days before the start of the World Cup. He then had to forfeit. An absence that has also made a lot of talk and generated several controversies.

International retirement for Benzema

And it is therefore on this black point that the story ends between Karim Benzema and theFrench team. Indeed, we will not see KB9 again in the jersey of the Blues. Following the defeat in the final of world Cup against theArgentina, he dropped a big announcement on his social media. ” I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I’m proud of it! I wrote my story and ours ends “, posted Benzema to announce his international retirement.