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Once
Real Madrid
's historic win at
Anfield Road
was over ,
Karim Benzema
approached one of the stands attached to the 'red' fiefdom's changing rooms.
From her, laugh after laugh, came down her son
Ibrahim
, who received the party shirt in his hands.
After hugs and kisses, the French striker returned to the tunnel and was greeted by a fan's chant: "
Karim, stay
!"
And Karim, simple, answered him with a thumbs up and a smile.
Perhaps it is the same gesture that was necessary to extend his contract with the white team, agreed, as this newspaper was able to confirm, until
June 2024
.
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They have been difficult months for Benzema.
After raising the
Ballon d'Or
to the sky in
Paris
in October, the controversy surrounding his participation with the French team in the
World Cup in Qatar
clouded his season, turning what should have been the final altar of his career into the origin of his rancor and rage.
In his most spectacular year, being the best footballer in the world on his way to the
Fourteenth European Cup
in Madrid, the Frenchman believes that
Didier Deschamps
and the medical services of the
French Federation
have deprived him of crowning an extraordinary cycle.
"Deschamps did not want him"
Benzema does not forget a sentence: "
What a pity you have to go, Karim
".
Already at the French facilities in Qatar, the discomfort that the striker had tried to control during the matches with Madrid prior to the World Cup was still present, and when he reported his problems to the doctors, he discovered the reality: for the coaching staff it was better not be there.
"
He understood it at the moment
. Deschamps did not want him," they remember in Valdebebas.
That answer set off all the alarms for Benzema, who after the '
Valbuena case
' already had doubts that the treatment towards him would be the same.
He was convinced by the closeness of Mbappé and the indirect messages from
Griezmann
, today's rival in the French derby at Chamartín, before the press.
"France misses Benzema because he is a great player," said the rojiblanco after the Euro 2016 final.
But the Frenchmen, without Benzema,
won the 2018 World Cup
with four leaders on and off the pitch:
Lloris, Pogba, Griezmann and Giroud
.
From the environment of the French team, it is insisted that the arrival of Benzema was "great news" for everyone, but his presence sent Giroud to the bench and he did not have a great personal relationship with Pogba.
Even so, Deschamps' men won the
2021 Nations League final against Spain
with goals from
Karim and Mbappé
, great friends at the time.
Qatar, yes, was something else.
Since the tournament, rumors have grown about an alleged
hostility between Benzema and the hard core of the team
, but the reality, as this newspaper learned, is that the Madrid player continues to get along with
Mbappé
, whom he is still waiting for in the Bernabéu, and
he has no problem with Griezmann
, even though they are not friends.
Her rage and his rancor have only one destination: Deschamps
.
12 goals in 12 games
A rage and a grudge that the Frenchman has managed to turn into goals.
Since the return of football after the World Cup, Benzema has scored
12 goals in the 12 games
he has played.
It has been difficult for him to get back to his rhythm after the break and the coaching team led by
Antonio Pintus
has been dosing him, resting in three of the last six games, but at Anfield he showed that he still has a nose.
Benzema received millionaire interest from
Saudi Arabia
to sign for one of the clubs in his league, the country that is the cradle of an
Islam
to which he is increasingly united, but he rejected the idea due to the need for Madrid.
Now, his contract until
2024 ensures the position of nine Real Madrid players until
Endrick
lands
, a young Brazilian promise.
When the season ends, Madrid will decide who will act as a substitute for the Frenchman, if the youth player
Álvaro Rodríguez
or an "affordable" signing.
Rodrygo
, who has acted as false 9, also counts for the position.
But everyone, of course, behind Benzema.
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