The coach of the France team had to explain the end of his story with Karim Benzema during the trial brought against Daniel Riolo for defamation.
Recently interviewed in the columns of AS, Karim Benzema surprised everyone by leaving the door ajar to a return to the French team. “ The national team is still a little far away, but you never know,” he confided. Exiled in Saudi Arabia for three years now, the Al-Ittihad player is preparing to celebrate his 38th birthday and a possible player will have to wait until next summer and the departure of Didier Deschamps.
Because between the former Madrilenian and the French coach, the divorce is complete. If he had been able to ignore his involvement in the Mathieu Valbuena sex tape affair and his accusations against a background of racism against him to recall him on the occasion of Euro 2020, the former midfielder this time is not about to forgive Karim Benzema’s attacks.
Reacting to his comments on the severity of his injury which he suffered just before the start of the 2022 World Cup, the former Ballon d’Or designated the coach with a simple clown emoticon before adding the same “liar, liar, liar”.
The tone suddenly changed between Karim Benzema and Didier Deschamps
However, at the time of his departure from Qatar just a few hours after having passed examinations at the Aspetar clinic in Doha which, according to Franck Le Gall, the doctor of the Blues, marked the end of his World Cup, the tone was completely different between the two men. This is evidenced by their exchange of SMS revealed by L’Equipe during the lawsuit brought by Didier Deschamps against Daniel Riolo for defamation.
“ Hello Karim, I know your immense sadness at no longer being with us. I’m so sorry for you… Enjoy your family. You will always be with us in thought,” Didier Deschamps had sent him.
“Sad… It’s hard but it’s reality. In any case, my heart goes out to the team… Courage, determination, ambition! Big hello to everyone, thank you coach see you soon,” Karim Benzema replied, adding a heart-shaped emoticon.
But rumors appearing in the press about the seriousness of his injury quickly changed the situation. While Franck repeats to anyone who will listen that it was a stage 2 injury preventing any return before three weeks, Hakim Chalabi, boss of the Aspetar clinic in Doha, and the Real medical staff assured that it was a high 1 low injury…
