For its part, the daily Brand explained that the Madrid staff had been 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 would be in reality. Still, the difference is huge between a return to individual training and an official match in a competition as high and intense as the World Cup. Which logically excludes an unimaginable return.
Not replaced by Didier Deschamps following the announcement of his package, Karim Benzema might however be crowned world champion on paper, if the Blues went to the end on December 18, as stipulated by FIFA regulations. On the match sheets in Qatar, the Madrilenian appears well in the tricolor count but appears grayed out, like injured or suspended players.
