On December 19, Karim Benzema announced, on his birthday, his international retirement. After an abortive return to the France team, for this 2022 World Cup in Qatar, due to an injury, KB9 said goodbye to the Blues. He wrote on social media: “I made the effort and the mistakes it took to be where I am today and I’m proud of it! I wrote my story and ours ends“. A message that seems bittersweet, and which could well be linked to the reception he received from his teammates.
Hugo Lloris and Antoine Griezmann not happy
Indeed, for the past few days, a controversy has swelled around a recording of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and playmaker Antoine Griezmann, analyzed by French journalist Romain Molina. He notes that the two players are not really happy with the return of Karim Benzema to the France team. The sequence was shot before the World Cup in Qatar, the day after Madrid’s Champion’s League victory. We see Didier Deschamps asking his men to applaud the hero of the day. And Hugo Loris and Antoine Griezmann to run, almost sulking.
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In another extract, we discover Paul Pogba, who was not part of the 23 this year, who comments on the news of the return of Karim Benzema on the telephone and who asks if Didier Deschamps in “spoke to Hugo (Lloris) or what?“. Something to give food for thought to those who have followed this case closely…
Karim Benzema prevented from staying in Qatar?
For Romain Molina, the real rivalry was therefore not to be sought between Olivier Giroud and Karim Benzema. And the latter’s express return to Madrid would also be suspicious, since he would have discovered in Madrid that his injury was not as serious as the French Football Federation had told him. However, Karim Benzema did not have the right to stay in Doha, to potentially make a return for the quarter-finals or the round of 16.
” Yes. Lloris & Griezmann never accepted Benzema’s return. We have to stop opposing Benzema and Giroud » Romain Molina tells us nothing Just look at the face of the 2 protagonists & their attitude on this video when Deschamps talks about Karim Yes I am a profiler pic.twitter.com/YmKsEDeo94
— NC (@NC_H_) December 19, 2022
Hold your griezmann who calls lloris and pogba to ask if Deschamps told them about Karim’s return before! pic.twitter.com/A2QkS3uKNd
— Dufresne Andy (@DufresneAndy9) December 19, 2022
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