Argentina vs France FIFA World Cup final: Deschamps refuses to comment on Benzema’s availability

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Published 17.12.2022
Argentina vs France FIFA World Cup final: Deschamps refuses to comment on Benzema’s availability

France supervisor expressed his displeasure over persistent media queries concerning ahead Karim Benzema re-joining the squad forward of the ultimate. Benzema left the French camp days forward of its World Cup opener after selecting a thigh damage.  

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The query of his return has been recurrently posed to Deschamps because it was reported that the striker had began coaching with Real Madrid. Answering yet one more enquiry on the topic, the France coach stated: “Benzema was injured at the start and then Lucas (Hernandez) and then we had 24 players in the squad, and they are the players at my disposal for the final. It’s not fair on those 24 to ask about others.” 

There are additionally stories that France President Emanuel Macron, who will there within the stands once more for the ultimate, is planning to convey Benzema and different injured gamers like N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba for the ultimate.

Deschamps, nevertheless, refused to be drawn into the talk. “I don’t know who is coming to watch the game and I am not interested in that. I lost three players at the start and now I am focusing on the 24 players we have,” he stated. 

In the Qatar World Cup,  France, regardless of lacking key gamers like Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, and Benzema, grew to become solely the seventh nation within the 92-year historical past of the event to make it via to back-to-back finals.

Ahead of Sunday’s last, nevertheless, Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate had been amongst 5 France gamers who missed coaching on Friday because the squad has been affected by flue.

Earlier this week, three different gamers — Dayot Upamecano, Adrien Rabiot, and Kingsley Coman — had been struck down by sickness.

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