Ballon D'Or winner ruled out of the FIFA WC 2022?...
Defending champion france suffered a major setback even before the start of the FIFA world cup 2022. Their star striker Karim Benzema was injured during training on Saturday. Because of this, he is out of the 2022 FIFA world cup being held in Qatar. Benzema gave this information by posting on Instagram. france won the title by defeating croatia 4-2 in the final of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
"I've never given up in my life, but tonight I have to think about the team, as I always do, so I want to give my place to someone who can help us," Benzema wrote in his instagram post. Help the team in the World Cup. Thank you for all your support and messages."
Real Madrid's veteran striker was forced out of the world cup due to a thigh injury. Didier Deschamps, the head coach of france, expressed his sadness for Karim, who made an objective of winning this world cup a top priority. Despite this new setback for the French team, I have full faith in my group. We will do everything to meet the great challenge that lies ahead."
However, Benzema did not participate in France's successful 2018 world cup campaign. At the 2014 world cup, he scored the most goals for France. Benzema has joined the list of big names getting injured shortly before the World Cup. Earlier, Sadio Mane of senegal and Timo Werner of germany have already been eliminated. france, present in Group D, will face australia on Tuesday, then denmark and tunisia on 30 November.
