The striker Karim Benzema does not rule out the possibility of a return to the national team Francedespite had announced his resignation Internationally after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. “If you tell me to go France team to play in a World Cup and I’m telling you: no, I’m a liar. I’m a footballer. I play football. If they call me, I’ll gogame,” the attacker explained in an interview with the French newspaper L’Equipe published this Thursday.
“I like football and I like winning. I like trophies. They are the most important thing to me.” If they call me up for the national team, I’ll go play football. And there it ends“explained the Saudi player Al-Ittihad.
Benzema’s statements on Friday the 19th of this month will be 38 years oldcomes six months before the 2026 World Cup, organized by the United States, Mexico and Canada, which will take place from June 11 to July 19. “Here we’re talking about a World Cup. Obviously these aren’t things we have to say ‘No, I don’t feel like it’.” Because it would be a lie to say: ‘No, I don’t feel like taking part in a World Cup,'” added the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner while still playing for Real Madrid.
The Frenchman’s international career has had numerous ups and downs during the coach’s era Didier Deschamps. The former Lyon player was banned from Euro 2016 due to his involvement in the Mathieu Valbuena “sex video” case, for which he was given a one-year suspended sentence in 2021 for complicity in an extortion attempt. He was subsequently recalled as technical director for the 2021 European Championships.
The former Merengue star later permanently withdrew from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, leaving the group shortly before the debut of Les Bleus due to a muscle injury he sustained while training in Doha. And the day after France’s final defeat to Argentina, he announced that he was ending his adventure with the national team and soon resumed training with the Spanish club.
He didn’t hesitate to attack Deschamps on social networks with mysterious terms, which sparked a controversy about the reasons for his breakup. consulted by L’Equipe Regarding this abrupt end, Benzema did not want to further fuel the controversy with the coach. “I’m not here to talk about these things. And I’m not here to go back to them… That’s it, it’s over. Will we be talking about this story for thirty years? I’m not here to add fuel to the controversy. For me it’s the past. Let’s move on to something else,” he emphasized.
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