OFFICIAL STATEMENT
OFFICIAL: Karim Benzema leaves the French team!
Through his social networks, Karim Benzema has announced that he is retiring from football at the national team level, at the age of 35. From now on, he will only focus on the dynamics of Real Madrid.
Karim Benzema has put an end to his path in the selection of France, the day after the defeat of 'them bleus' and the day that celebrates his birthday number 35. It has announced it by means of a message in his social networks in which it stands out all the way visited with the Frenchmen.
"I did the effort and the errors that did fault to be where am nowadays and am proud of this! I wrote my history and ours finish", wrote the footballer and captain of the Real Madrid, that puts end to his path after 97 clashes contested with France in which it annotated 37 goals and won a title, the Nations League, in 2021.
His debut produced 15 years ago, in 2007, in a party against Austria on 28 March in which, besides, premièred like goleador. Although it is one of the most important forwards of the history of 'them bleus', his participation in big tournaments reduced to a World-wide (the one of 2014) and three Eurocopas (2008, 2012 and 2020), but in any was important.
It is worth it to remember that his presence with the selection saw very affected after, in 2015, went separated by technical decision after seeing wrapped in the 'case Valbuena'. It returned to the dynamics of 'them bleus' around the middle of 2021 and contested the Eurocopa and later topped champion in the Nations League, tournament in which it finish being decisive in the 'final four'.
The wrap final with Deschamps
It was quoted for the dispute of the World-wide with France, but finish abandoning the concentration to four days of the debut in phase of groups to consequence of an injury. Benzema Left his place not to leave incomplete the announcement, but Didier Deschamps decided not calling to anybody more. Shortly after, desveló that the seleccionador was not very happy with the '9' of the Real Madrid because it had not mentioned him in his speech when it won the Balloon of Gold, by what has boasted that that was one of the reasons by which did not be Qatar.
