Deschamps said in a recent interview that Benzema voluntarily withdrew from the World Cup, and then Benzema directly recalled the past on social media. Anyway, this Rashomon will definitely continue to ferment. Benzema is really unlucky. In 2010, she failed to participate in the World Cup because of a prostitute. In 2018, she was not selected for the national team because of the previous large-scale video extortion of her teammates for many years. In 2022, she entered the big list but failed to stay in Qatar because of injuries and dressing rooms.
As the latest winner of the Golden Globe Award before the World Cup, Benzema is not an isolated case in history. D ‘Stefano, the winner of the Golden Globe Award in 1957 and a famous real Madrid player, failed to participate in the World Cup in 1958, because Spain failed to enter the World Cup, and D ‘Stefano never played in a World Cup in his career. In the World Cup held in Brazil in 1950, D ‘Stefano was still in Argentina, and their Football Association and the Brazilian Football Association withdrew due to conflicts. In 1962, he was injured before the Golden Arrow group match.
In addition, two Golden Globe winners, George Best and George Weah, have never participated in the World Cup because their national teams are too weak. Why do you feel that the World Cup doesn’t like the name George very much?
In the case of Benzema, Alan simonson, winner of the Golden Globe Award in 1977, failed to make it to the 1978 World Cup. It is worth mentioning that in 1978, Kevin Kevin Keegan did not participate in the World Cup, but won the Golden Globe Award. Dr. Huang, a football player, thought that the Golden Globe Award in 1977 should belong to Kevin Keegan who defeated simonson in the Champions League final, so the Golden Globe Award in 1978 was for Kevin Keegan.
Simonson participated in the World Cup in the later period of his career, and Denmark entered the 1986 World Cup. At the age of 34, simonson got the only chance to play in the group match against Germany, and another Golden Globe winner, Dennis Law, also got the only chance to play in the World Cup at the age of 34.
Who do you think lied between Benzema and Deschamps? Does Benzema have a chance to participate in the 2026 World Cup? I think he has a chance.