Karim Benzema

[KingLeo10]

You can't accuse Zidane of playing it safe

Benitez left an unbalanced squad

Kroos Rodriguez Modric

Is not a midfield that wins you titles

Master-class by Zidane to turn things around and bring in Casemiro and the rest is history

Relax, I'm a ZZ fan for the most part.

But that team he inherited in 2016 was stacked AF.

Great on him for fine tuning it, but I still need to see him do a rebuild job somewhere. Which he won't, considering he's football royalty

 

[Messigician]

Relax, I'm a ZZ fan for the most part.

But that team he inherited in 2016 was stacked AF.

Great on him for fine tuning it, but I still need to see him do a rebuild job somewhere. Which he won't, considering he's football royalty

He is waiting for France doubt he ever amasses in club football again, he has nothing left to prove

 

[Horatio]

He is waiting for France doubt he ever amasses in club football again, he has nothing left to prove

But question is why Benzema announced retirement then? He and ZZ are best buds.

 

[Messigician]

But question is why Benzema announced retirement then? He and ZZ are best buds.

Angry he was sent home for an injury that healed in 3 days


Neymar was kept in squad for a bigger injury I think Benzema knows he will never be accepted

 

[Horatio]

Angry he was sent home for an injury that healed in 3 days


Neymar was kept in squad for a bigger injury I think Benzema knows he will never be accepted

Maybe it's fake-retirement until ZZ calls him up.

 

[Windhook]

Maybe it's fake-retirement until ZZ calls him up.

Could be. Another move to drive out Didier Deschamps. With the weight of still being the BdO holder.

 

[Messigician]

Possible yes

 

[Windhook]

Adidas predicted Benz's World Cup

 

[Horatio]

Adidas predicted Benz's World Cup

That's one of the ugliest CGI-rendered younger Messis we ever got to see. And "vamos Karim"....savage.

 

[malvolio]

Maybe it's fake-retirement until ZZ calls him up.

Seems like Deschamps was angry at him because he prioritised Madrid over France and got injured. There is also the fact that Deschamps has received his new contract where he can decide what he wants to do. So not that sure anymore about ZZ coming in until after Euro 2024 or even WC 2026.

Overall better for France tbf. He's a grade A cunt, who stired shit up and they have lots of talent coming trough anyway.

 

[snowy]

some say it's cuz he didn't mention DD during his B d'Or speech

could've included him as there was an unused slot in the squad

 

[Messigician]

some say it's cuz he didn't mention DD during his B d'Or speech

could've included him as there was an unused slot in the squad

Likely yes

 

[khaled_a_d]

Overall better for France tbf. He's a grade A cunt, who stired shit up and they have lots of talent coming trough anyway.

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And they did extremely well without him, and never really had issues with scoring goals, they suffered more on the defensive side.
Don't get all the Benzema talk from the French side tbh

 

[malvolio]

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And they did extremely well without him, and never really had issues with scoring goals, they suffered more on the defensive side.
Don't get all the Benzema talk from the French side tbh

https://www.givemesport.com/8809634...-reaction-to-benzema-returned-to-france-squad

Aparently Lloris and Griezmann never accepted his return to the NT, after what happened with Valbuena and Benzema's comments about Giroud.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

The final would've been even more epic if Benz had played.