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While the question of the presence or not, as a spectator, of Karim Benzema for the Argentina – France World Cup final has been debated since yesterday, a form of tension hovers around the case of Nueve. The dry way in which Didier Deschamps sent the question of a sporting return for the final is the last episode of a player-coach who seems tense again.
In its edition of the day, L’Equipe evokes the Benzema case, assures again that certain members of the locker room of the French team are not big fans of the Madrilenian, and returns to the relationship Benzema – Deschamps which “will never be accomplice, given the background”.
Benzema did not thank Deschamps
But above all, the daily makes a revelation on a detail which is perhaps not one in a relationship where Benzema and Deschamps have long walked on eggshells. Indeed, Didier Deschamps would not have really appreciated that Karim Benzema, during the ceremony of the Ballon d’Or conquered in October, did not thank his coach during his speeches. Which certainly didn’t make things any easier when it came to being part of the France group afterwards…
to summarize
The relationship between Karim Benzema and Didier Deschamps seems complicated again, and the Ballon d’Or ceremony would not be for nothing. Indeed, the Madrid striker did not mention his coach at the time of the award ceremony.