Karim Benzema took advantage of the fact that he turns 35 today, Monday, to announce through social networks that he is leaving the French team. In a concise message, he wrote: "I made the effort and I made the mistakes that were necessary where I am today and I am proud. I have written my story and ours is coming to an end." Benzema withdrew from the concentration of the French team before the start of the competition due to a muscular problem, an injury in the quadriceps of the left thigh.
Benzema's career with the French national team closes with 97 games played, in which he scored 37 goals and won a title, the 2021 League of Nations.
The last Ballon d'Or debuted with the blues on March 28, 2007 in a friendly against Austria, a game in which he scored a goal. The coach at the time was Raymond Domenech. In the 2010 World Cup in South Africa he was not called up and his only presence in a World Cup was in Brazil 2014. He was also in the Eurocups of 2008, 2012 and 2021.
Benzema's career in the French team was interrupted by the Valbuena case, a dark case of extortion of said footballer for some sex videos in which he was splashed and left him without attending the calls between the end of 2015 and mid-2021 From there also begins his bad relationship with Didier Deschamps, the coach.
Benzema returned to France on May 21, 2021 but his presence was always controversial, without completely shaking off a scandal that became almost a matter of State. His greatest moment of glory with the blues was the Nations League final against Spain, in which he scored one of the two goals with which France took the title. The player has been training with his team in Valdebebas since December 10.
