Benzema retires from playing with the France national team

 France's Karim Benzema has ended his international career, after announcing on Monday that he has retired from his country after a 15-year career.

 

 

 

Benzema said on his Instagram account: "I made efforts and (made) mistakes to get to where I am today. I am happy about it. He added: “I wrote my story. Our news is out."

 

 

 

The decision came one day after the end of the World Cup, in which the team "Roosters" finished second. Benzema missed out due to injury.

 

 

 

Benzema played 97 international matches, scored 37 goals and assisted 20. He is the fifth player in the history of the French team, after Olivier Giroud, Thierry Henry, Michel Platini and Antoine Griezmann.

 

Origin and brightness 

 

Benzema received his first call-up to the French team on November 9, 2006, under the guidance of Raymond Domenech. The first official intervention took place four months after this date, Benzema was then a player of Olympique Lyonnais. He came on as a substitute for his colleague Djibril Cissé on March 28, 2007 against Austria, and scored the only goal of the game. Benzema is starting to hold a key role in the French formation. The recent Ballon d'Or winner has played in three important international competitions with the Roosters. World Cup, European Cup and European Nations League. In the World Cup, Benzema started the 2014 World Cup, in which his national team was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He appeared in 5 games and scored 3 goals. He participated twice in the Euro, in 2008 and 2020. First, during which he scored no goals and only scored two assists, and second, during which he scored four, but it was not enough to pass the round of the 16th. In the UEFA Nations League, the last competition of the old continent, Benzema helped in securing the crown for his country last year. Having scored 3 goals in the 5 games he participated in. Fifteen of Benzema's international goals have come in friendlies. And 7 in the World Cup qualifiers and 5 in the Euro qualifiers. 5 years leave 

 

Because he was accused of taking part in the insult of his teammate Mathieu Valbuena, Benzema was expelled from the French team for five years, exactly between April 2016 and May 2021.

 

 

 

During this period, Benzema missed Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup, which France won. Benzema spoke at the time, saying coach Didier Deschamps was "under a lot of pressure" to leave him out of the national team.

 

 

 

The famous star returned to participate in last year's European Cup with France, as well as the European Nations League and played in all of them. There is no charge 

 

After being awarded the Golden Ball, Benzema had the opportunity to participate in the second time in his career at the World Cup, but an injury prevented him from joining the French team.

 

 

 

Deschamps has not named a new player to replace Benzema, and it was reported that the 35-year-old could return and join the national team at the World Cup, having recovered from his injury earlier than expected, but Deschamps was not called up. up to one country.> 

 

 

 

When a journalist asked him, after the defeat against Morocco in the semi-final, and the possibility of the return of Benzema to the national team, the coach replied: "It is better to move on to the next question". Deschamps was reportedly upset because Benzema did not congratulate him during his speech after winning the Ballon d'Or.

 

 

 

Last evening, in response to many rumors, Benzema wrote on Instagram: "I'm not interested", before announcing.