France team – Karim Benzema soon back in training, Real Madrid surprised by the diagnosis of the Blues

It was less than ten days ago, but on the scale of a World Cup, it seems like an eternity. On November 19, after spending several weeks in difficulty with his thigh, Karim Benzema was injured in Doha during his first collective training since the arrival of the Blues in Qatar. The earthquake is huge. It is with a long message that KB9 confirms his departure the next day: “Tonight, I have to think about the team, as I always have. So reason tells me to leave my place to someone who can help our group have a good World Cup“.

Didier Deschamps will choose not to replace him without removing him from his official list. Result, as required by the regulations, Benzema could be crowned world champion in the event of a tricolor victory in this World Cup. But it’s another hypothesis which circulated this Monday: that of a return to the France group.

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Why ? Simply because TeleMadrid confirmed that the Frenchman will already be back in training this Thursday with Real Madrid. For its part, Marca, through its journalist Mario Cortegana, explains that the Madrid staff was surprised at the diagnosis made by the medical teams of the Blues in Doha. According to them, this medical report was much more alarming than it actually is.

So, will Benzema return to Qatar? As it stands, the hypothesis remains…a hypothesis. If Deschamps and Benzema made this choice on November 19, it was because the timing was too tight for KB9 to play a real role in this World Cup. In addition, the resumption of training does not necessarily mean the ability to play 90 minutes at high intensity, a fortiori during a World Cup. Finally, while the blue group learned to live but above all to move forward with all these injuriesincluding those of Lucas Hernandez even more recently, seeing Benzema back in Doha seems very unlikely as it stands.

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