Karim Benzema in France World Cup sweat with Ballon D'or winner OUT of Australia opener
dailyrecord.co.ukBallon D’or winner Karim Benzema is reportedly a World Cup doubt for France. The Real Madrid striker was set to lead the line for the holder sin Qatar alongside Paris-SG superstar Kylian Mbappe, with Les Bleus among the favourites to go all the way in Qatar.
But Didier deschamps is now sweating over his star man’s fitness on the eve of the tournament. The 1998 winning captain has 24 hours to call up a replacement if needed.
Benzema, who featured against Celtic as Real beat the Hoops home and away in Group F of this season’s Champions League, has been struggling with injury this season, prior to being voted the best player in the world for his exploits last campaign, and had to be subbed off at Parkhead on matchday one.
And now he’ll miss his country’s opener against Australia on Tuesday, with L’Equipe claiming that he could in fact have to sit out the entire tournament with a thigh problem that cropped up during training.
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