While everything seemed to be back to normal between Karim Benzema and the France team, a new controversy is emerging. A controversy that was born even before the World Cup in Qatar began, or almost. Indeed, just before the first match of the French team at the 2022 World Cup, the one who was elected Ballon d’Or a few weeks earlier, had to withdraw due to injury. An injury that led the staff of the Blues to send him back to Madrid for his rehabilitation. But, in reality, according to journalist Romain Molina, the injury was not that serious and the French team would have taken advantage of this physical problem to “get rid” of the attacker. The journalist revealed other information on this famous injury but also on the relations that Benzema would maintain with his teammates in the France team.
Antoine Griezmann and Hugo Lloris against Karim Benzema?
Relationships that would not be in good shape according to him. Especially with Antoine Griezmann and Hugo Lloris. The latter would not have been delighted with the return of KB9 to the Blues after being banned by the French Football Federation. Banned in particular, because of the Zahia Dehar affair and the sextape affair. Another controversy that has come to tarnish the image of the French team internationally. A story that dates back to 2015, when the ex-Marseille, Matthieu Valbuena receives several phone calls in which his interlocutors try to blackmail him against the non-broadcast of an intimate video. Karim Benzema being involved in the case, he becomes undesirable at the Blues from this year.
The statement that startled the French Football Federation
But it was really a year later that he sparked controversy, when he granted an interview to brand and swings that Didier Deschamps and Noël Le Graët have given in “to a racist part of France” by choosing not to select him for Euro 2016. A statement that will extend his banishment from the Blues for a few years… In addition to Karim Benzema, the French team has experienced other complicated moments. Especially in 2010 when our selection became the laughingstock of the whole world after… a strike.
The Knysna Strike
Dissatisfied with the methods of Raymond Domenech, but above all to support their teammate Nicolas Anelka, fired by the coach for his behavior at half-time in the second group match of the 2010 World Cup against Mexico. many players, including Patrice Evra, wanted to express their dissatisfaction by not getting off their bus to train. A huge controversy ensued and this story still resonates as the biggest fiasco in the history of the French team.
The Pogba case…
In addition to strikes, the “son of p…” sent to the coach at halftime, sexual relations with a minor, the Blues are sometimes also victims of collateral damage. A few months ago, before the World Cup in Qatar, Paul Pogba’s brother, Mathias, spoke in a long video to swing… on his own brother. According to him, the one who is now playing at Juventus Turin, would have called on a marabout to prevent Kylian Mbappé from performing and being better than him. And would even have asked him to do everything so that he hurts himself. Words obviously denied by the principal concerned. But true or not, this story did not do the French team any good. Like all the other controversies that have emerged before it. And still, a few are missing…
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