Karim Benzema left through the back door of Qatar at the start of the World Cup. Didier Deschamps was merciless with the then injured player. Revenge from the coach?
On track to retain his post as coach of theFrench team Due to the great campaign in Qatar, Didier Deschamps showed as usual that he was never as strong as with his back to the wall. Despite the withdrawals and the uncertainties about his future, the tricolor technician is managing this world championship perfectly for the moment, both sportingly and in terms of communication, and no difference has occurred with the Blues during this month of competition. The only problem that somewhat undermined the atmosphere at the start was the situation of Karim Benzema. Didier Deschamps had warned, he would only take fully capable players and it is perhaps this desire to have a clear situation that led to KB9’s withdrawal even before the first match. The French striker has however fully resumed training with Real Madrid, and is already fit for the next match while the World Cup is not over. But the decision was made, and this allowed Didier Deschamps to work in serenity, thus dismissing his starting centre-forward.
An oblivion that does not pass
A decision far from trivial, because it does not delight the Real Madrid player, with whom the relationship is totally deteriorating. While, according to Le Figaro, Didier Deschamps has already told those around him that he thought he had made a big mistake by taking so long to call Karim Benzema back after the sextape affair, the 1998 world champion did not appreciated the behavior of his player lately. According to L’Equipe, a scene marked him. This is the Ballon d’Or ceremony, when KB9 thanked the whole planet, from its first trainers to its family to Real Madrid, completely forgetting Didier Deschamps. A voluntary act in the eyes of the coach to make it clear that the episode of his banishment from the Blues had not been completely digested.
An affront for Didier Deschamps, present in the Parisian hall at the time, and whose close-up in mondovision when he was snubbed caused the buzz. The Basque is resentful, to the point of depriving himself of an offensive asset of choice for a World Cup? Result, according to the sports daily, it is the desire to have a totally physically fit group that weighed mainly. But another significant point counted. Very close to his players, Deschamps realized that the presence of Benzema disturbed some, and that his absence was really not much cried in the group. The fact of having already won the 2018 World Cup without the player trained at OL has certainly weighed in people’s minds, and the French career in Qatar shows that the attacking pool of the Blues can even, so far, ball gold title.