Benzema had to be replaced. Photo: Reuters / Lee Smith
75 days before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, any small injury can be a big headache for any player or national team. More so if he is one of the most important players of the current World Champion. The French Karim Benzema they turned on the alarms after leaving the camp half an hour after the premiere of real Madrid in the Champions League at the Celtic Park stadium in Glasgow.
What happened? Although the game in which he suffered the pain was not identified in the official broadcast, the captain of Merengue started to limp and looked more than once at the substitutes’ bench where the coach Carlo Ancelotti was.
After testing for a few minutes to see if he could continue on the pitch, the forward asked for the change. Referee Sandro Schärere approached him, asked him something and the Frenchman put his right hand on his knee in the same profile, rubbing the front, near the menisci.
Logically it aroused concern in the fans of the Merengue team and the French national team where Benzema is a fundamental piece of the attack to defend the crown he won in Russia 2018, where he was not present due to a technical decision.
The French striker’s place was taken by Eden Hazard, with no competitive pace after missing minutes in Real Madrid’s last two league games.
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Source: Clarin
