See what Deschamps said about Benzema

question at the press conference shortly after France qualified for the World Cup Final Coach Didier Deschamps fired. One journalist said he had seen training videos of Karim Benzema in good shape and wondered if there was any chance Real Madrid It will be an option against Argentina next Sunday.

Deschamps laughed, looked the other way and said just this: “I’d rather move on to the next question.”

The Deschamps conundrum keeps one of French football’s main controversies up in the air in recent days. It’s just yesterday’s edition (13) of And the Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported that Benzema may already be on the field Since the round of 16 of the cup because he has fully recovered from a muscle injury in his left thigh that prevented him from participating in the tournament.

According to the publication, Deschamps’ decision to exclude the 34-year-old striker from the World Cup was hasty, which may explain the reaction with a few words from the coach. Benzema was injured while training in Qatar and returned to Europe.

It should be noted that Benzema has not been officially dropped from the squad and no replacement has been called up, which means he is eligible to play according to the rules.

Benzema’s baggage in the World Cup is limited to his participation in Brazil in 2014, when he started in the five matches that France played until its exit from Germany in the quarter-finals. He was away from the national team between 2015 and 2021 due to indiscipline and bad relationship with Deschamps and was therefore not world champion in 2018. He was called up again in June 2021, after settling in with the coach.

On social networks, the newly elected best player in the world has been posting messages supporting the selection.

In addition to the vague statement in Benzema’s question, Deschamps celebrated France’s qualification for the Cup final: “I’m always proud when I achieve something like this. It’s special to play another final on Sunday. It wasn’t an easy win. We showed our quality and our team spirit, but we had challenging moments.” In the match, and my feeling now is between emotion and pride. It’s another step and there’s still one more thing to go. To be in the final again is amazing.”

Deschamps declined to participate in the final against Argentina but said Upamecano and Rabiot should be fit enough. They were peeped on wednesday with symptoms flu🇧🇷