World Cup 2022. Another worrying alert from the team of world champions. Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema suffered a muscle injury during Saturday’s training session, AFP reported. At this time, it is not known exactly what he is suffering from or how serious the injury is; this remains to be determined by magnetic resonance imaging. On Tuesday, France will start the tournament with a performance against Australia. According to L’Equipe, Benzema won’t be seen on the pitch during this match. Le Parisien goes even further by claiming that the Frenchman won’t play in the tournament at all. “It’s a blow for the team,” read the article.
On Saturday, the Real Madrid striker trained with the “Tricolores” for the first time since the start of the camp on Monday. The previous days, at the Clairefontaine center near Paris, then later in Qatar, he was limited to jogging together at the start of class and individual exercises.
The Ballon d’Or winner hasn’t played for almost a month. He played his last full match on October 19 against Elche. Three days later, Real announced the injury to the quadriceps muscle in the left leg of their star player. The Frenchman missed five games but played the final 28 minutes of the Champions League game against Celtic Glasgow on November 2.
Coach Didier Deschamps could make a change to the squad by Monday on the eve of the opener against Australia, but Benzema’s withdrawal would be a blow for the defending champions. Injuries have already ruled him out of the World Cup. Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Presnel Kimpembe and Christopher Nkunku.
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