The Frenchman did not compete in the World Cup due to injury, but he remained registered in the 26 Deschamps named and would become legal champion.
Karim Benzema couldn’t argue with it World Cup Qatar 2022. The French striker he was injured a few days before the start of the tournament and he has not been able to play a minute with the French national team which, despite his absence, has managed to return to compete for the world title and if he succeeds, there could also be a prize for Karim, even if it was symbolic .
Why Benzema would become world champion with France despite not playing a minute at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Having confirmed his injury, the Real Madrid player did not want to prolong the situation, did not rush the deadlines and gave the chance to his coach, Didier Deschamps, the possibility of replacing it as soon as possible and not speculating with a possible recovery. However, Deschamps did not. The French coach preferred to stick to a group of 25 players and did not complete the list of 26.
His case is different from other injured players as, for example, N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba were not even registered due to their injuries. Nkunku was registered, he got injured but was officially replaced by Kolo Muani on the list and his hole was occupied by another player.
This way, Benema He is still on the official FIFA list for the 2022 World Cup and would legally become champion, as he has had no playing minutes but is still part of the official squad. In this sense, the only other French player not to have played at the World Cup is the third goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, as Deschamps debuted all the players in the last match of the World Cup. group stage against Tunisia in which nothing was at stake.
It has not been confirmed that Benzema will be able to attend the hypothetical final on December 18 to see it live in Qatar, but the French Football Federation will award 26 player medals and the last without owner would be for the Lyon-born striker.
Qatar 2022 may be the last World Cup of Benzema’s career and adding to the equation is that he was unable to become world champions with his country in 2018 as he was separated from the national team due to Mathieu Valbuena’s alleged blackmail. Now, even though he couldn’t stand on the field, he would legally be world champion, one of the few honors he missed in his career.
Source: Goal