France coach Didier Deschamps has determined to not change injured striker Karim Benzema in his World Cup squad, leaving the reigning champions with 25 gamers for his or her title defence.
Benzema educated with the squad for the primary time since arriving in Qatar on Saturday however was pressured to depart the session early with a thigh damage and scans dominated him out of the match.
Requested on Sunday by TeleFoot whether or not he would change the Ballon d’Or winner in his squad, Deschamps mentioned “No”.
“This can be a high quality group,” he added. “In every part they do, each on and off the pitch, they’re united. I’ve confidence in them.”
Benzema was the second French participant to hitch the casualty listing in lower than every week after ahead Christopher Nkunku was injured in a coaching session and changed within the squad by Randal Kolo Muani.
De ma vie je n’ai jamais abandonné mais ce soir il faut que je pense à l’équipe comme je l’ai toujours fait alors la raison me dit de laisser ma place à quelqu’un qui pourra aider notre groupe à faire une belle Coupe du Monde. Merci pour tous vos messages de soutien 🙌🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/SBalX0juAH
— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) November 19, 2022
Influential midfielders Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante have been dominated out of the match by damage earlier than Deschamps named his squad.
French supporters in Paris have been dismayed by the information, if not completely shocked.
“After all, it’s dangerous information for France, and we really feel like we’re cursed, as a result of it’s simply participant after participant out, after which it finally ends up with Karim Benzema being damage throughout coaching,” Parisian fan Samuel Pautrat mentioned.
“With out the participant that gained the Ballon d’Or, it will likely be laborious this 12 months. We now have plenty of apprehension on this World Cup, that’s for certain.”
Vacationer Pierre Geltof mentioned he had been anticipating the information.
“We had a small feeling it might occur, we have now been seeing up to now few days that he wasn’t doing effectively, and so I believe we have been anticipating it,” he mentioned.
“I don’t suppose we’ll win with out him. We gained’t win, however oh effectively… We already didn’t have a lot of an opportunity to win it, and now, we actually don’t have any probability of successful.”
France open their marketing campaign towards Australia on Tuesday and likewise play Tunisia and Denmark in Group D.
Benzema was the second French participant to hitch the casualty listing in lower than every week after ahead Christopher Nkunku was injured in a coaching session and changed within the squad by Randal Kolo Muani. Influential midfielders Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante have been dominated out of the match by damage earlier than Deschamps named his squad. France open their marketing campaign towards Australia on Tuesday and likewise play Tunisia and Denmark in Group D.