We dared not believe it but we will have to get used to the idea: Out injured from his first training with the Blues since the start of the rally, three days before the first match against Australia, Karim Benzema probably let slip his last chance to win the World Cup.
Muscularly affected, Karim Benzema could not finish the session he had started with the holders' chasuble, and his condition obviously inspired enormous concern in the tricolor camp.
If the Ballon d'Or has to pass new exams in the evening, his package could be announced in the coming hours by the FFF.
News for which we had been feverishly preparing for several weeks, since the Ballon d'Or was unable to participate in any training with Real Madrid or with the Blues.
Eight years after his last and only participation, we will probably never see Benzema again in the World Cup.
The pain is immense for the person concerned, no doubt, and it is yet another blow for Deschamps, already deprived on the starting line of Pogba, Kanté, and Nkunku.
Good luck keeping the 2018 title under these conditions.
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