In fact, the news of Benzema's injury was exposed as early as a few days ago, but no one expected that he would choose to quit so decisively. After all, he finally won himself a chance to return to this stage. After all, this is probably his curtain call performance at the World Cup.
Theoretically, if the French team goes far enough, Benzema may still return to the line of fire. But this time, in order to let the French team choose a substitute as soon as possible, Benzema gave up on his own initiative.
"In my life, I have never given up easily. But today I must put the national team first, as I have always insisted. Therefore, I choose to leave my position to others and to those who can really help us play a great World Cup. "
Benzema missed FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in 2022 due to injury.
20 16 is Benzema a patriot? This is a problem.
In the eyes of many French people, Benzema and his friends blackmailed his national team teammate Val Buena, which had a very bad influence on the national team and society, thus leading him to miss the European Cup in France. On the other hand, he believes that this is the result of Deschamps' "bowing to racism in France".
Considering his Algerian background and religious tendency of Islamism, and when he mourned the victims of the Paris terrorism case at the end of 20 15, the camera caught him spitting while accompanying the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", Benzema has become a street rat in French society, although he said all this was a misunderstanding:
"At any time, I never thought about spitting on the marseillaise. It is sad to treat me as a person who does not respect the motherland and the deceased. "
Benzema
However, at the end of 20 16, another news made Benzema's recognized image strange.
Mediapart, who participated in the "football decryption" project, found that Benzema registered a company in Lyon very early, which was responsible for his portrait rights income.
Unlike many players who put such companies in Caribbean countries with extremely low tax rates, Benzema has to pay 33.3% income tax to France every year. Even if he registered the company in Spain where he lived, the tax rate would be reduced to 5%.
So, the surprised media rushed to ask Benzema about it, and the latter simply said:
"People should pay taxes, shouldn't they? I was asked to pay taxes, so I paid them, that's all. This is not an achievement. I don't understand why everyone is talking about it. People are talking about it everywhere. "
"I will focus on football and pay my own taxes."
From this point of view, Benzema is much more patriotic than many people who just talk about it, but unfortunately he missed the European Cup 20 16 and the World Cup 20 18 and will never come back.
20 18 World Cup, France won the World Cup without Benzema.
It all goes back to 20 15.
That year, Benzema wanted to cooperate with LV to customize some cushions, so he met Zuyawei who worked in the luxury goods industry. Working in this industry, there are many prominent figures in the circle of friends, including French stars and staff around them.
The staff around the stars know many secrets, but their quality is uneven, such as the housekeeper of Val Buena. While sorting out the former's computer, his housekeeper found Val Buena's private video, which was not only copied to his hard disk privately, but also sent to Zuyawei.
And Zuyawei is not a quiet person. He spread this video while chatting with many French stars.
At a dinner party with Benzema, after talking about luxury goods, Zuyawei asked Benzema to show him a funny thing.
"To my surprise, he didn't laugh and even felt very uncomfortable. He told me, "You can't joke about such things." "Benzema told him that Val Buena's personality is very fragile, and if the video continues to spread, he may even commit suicide. "
The dinner ended in discord, and Zenatti, a friend of Zuyawei and Benzema, felt that Benzema was angry because of this, and there should be no chance to customize the cushion. Zuyawei asked Zenatti to tell Benzema not to get angry. If he wants, he can tell Val Buena that there is such a video circulating, so that the latter can take it seriously.
According to Zuyawei, in fact, many French stars, including Cisse and Nasri, have seen the video before, but no one wants to tell Val Buena, because the latter is not very popular in the French team, so some people prefer video communication.
Benzema didn't want to at first, but he told Val Buena on the international day of June 20 15.
Benzema and Val Buena
"Go to Lyon. My friend can help you solve this problem. "
Benzema didn't specifically use money to solve the problem, he just wanted to help Val Buena solve the problem, but it was this sentence that convinced Val Buena who received the blackmail message and the French police who were already listening to the phone that Benzema was cooperating with his friend Zenatti and Zuyawei who had mastered the video.
So, the French police acted immediately and arrested Benzema and Zenatti, the top French striker, who stayed in the detention center for one night. "I feel lonely in prison, like a criminal."
By the time he came out, the world had changed a lot.
In Val Buena's mouth, Benzema, whose annual salary is tens of millions of euros, became the leader of a criminal gang and wanted to extort 654.38+million euros from him.
Of course, Benzema also admitted that he shouldn't have said that at the legal level, and he regretted being involved in this matter. "I don't have any reason to do so. I was wrong in trying to help someone who became disgusting. "
Unfortunately, not many people are curious about the real truth, but prefer to dance with the wind with the reports of unscrupulous media, thus forming an atmosphere of criticizing Benzema.
Before the European Cup, more than two-thirds of French people thought Benzema should not be selected for the national team, which made Benzema, which was very important in the hearts of Football Association President Legras and head coach Deschamps, no longer important.
This state lasted for nearly six years.
Benzema and Deschamps
Benzema has been trying to get an explanation for the past six years.
"If the coach directly tells me that this is only because of football, then well, I will continue to work hard. If this is because of something else, he can tell me to my face and we will be finished. "
But Deschamps didn't give him the explanation he wanted, which made Benzema extremely disappointed. He has been paying attention to the big names of the French team in every issue, but with the passage of time, his disappointment has become more and more, which makes him only prove that he is qualified for the national team at the football level in Real Madrid.
Especially after Cristiano Ronaldo left the team, he shouldered Real Madrid.
In fact, for a long time, Benzema was not the darling of France.
As a descendant of Algeria, Benzema grew up in Bloom, a suburb of Lyon. This is a gathering area of foreign ethnic groups in Lyon. Even though Algerian citizens can legally acquire French nationality by virtue of the "Algerian Decree" promulgated by 1947, they are still regarded as an unwelcome ethnic group in the mainstream culture of society.
Algerians can't get high-paying job opportunities and have a relatively good housing environment. They are treated differently in society, which makes everyone have to hold a group to keep warm, especially the friendship formed when they were young, which is always very strong.
So is Benzema.
Benzema of Lyon Youth Training Camp
Compared with others, Benzema is lucky.
With his great talent on the football field, he got the opportunity to join Lyon and leave Bloom early, which is also an opportunity to leave the original environment and jump to a higher level.
However, Benzema moved back to Bloom after entering the first team, which once worried the coach and senior management of Lyon Club. They are worried that the promising star will ruin his career because of off-court events.
To some extent, this kind of worry is not completely unnecessary. 20 10 Benzema and Ribelli were caught in a child prostitution scandal, which did not affect Ribelli's trip to the World Cup, but Benzema did not go to South Africa.
20 10 south Africa, the French team continued to fight and performed poorly, and went home in the group stage.
So in retrospect, it is not a bad thing to miss this opportunity. Benzema's problem is not over. Benzema's first year at Real Madrid was not smooth, and his situation became even more difficult with the arrival of Mourinho.
In the game against Higuain, he was at an all-round disadvantage, which made Mourinho say the classic saying, "When you don't have hounds, you can only take your cat hunting."
This sentence made Benzema feel discriminated against as a child again, so he decided to cheer up and prove it to others, but for a long time, he was only a second-tier star of Real Madrid and one of Cristiano Ronaldo's wingmen.
On social media, he is the "back pot man" who needs to be responsible for all the bad things.
Benzema and Mourinho
If things don't change, all this may continue like this, but in the football world, nothing lasts forever.
In the summer of 20 18, Cristiano Ronaldo, who was once thought to play in Real Madrid until he retired, left the team. His departure naturally led to the shock of Real Madrid in the next few years, but in the process, Benzema became the new patron of his teammates.
20 17- 18 season, he only scored 12 goals; In the 20 18- 19 season, his goals more than doubled.
So when asked how such data changes came about, Benzema replied:
"It's very simple. When he played for Real Madrid, he scored 50-60 goals every year, so you have to adapt to this reality. I want to give him an advantage on the court and create space for him, because he has a good sense of smell in the penalty area and his scoring ability is much stronger than mine. Just as I helped him, he also helped me. "
"When he left, the only thing that changed was that I took on the responsibility of scoring goals and then sending assists to my teammates. The way I play football is different from that of Cristiano Ronaldo, and the way he plays football is different from that of Benzema. "
At this time, everyone discovered that Benzema, who has been laughed at by everyone for many years, can also be an out-and-out front door killer.
Benzema scored in the national derby.
However, in the interview, many reporters intentionally or unintentionally tried to stir up some troubles, and Benzema would not be fooled.
He never thought that Cristiano Ronaldo or Bell concealed his brilliance. "On the contrary, so far, we have won all my Champions League titles together. We scored many goals together. We are a dream trio. "
Because this logic does not conform to his football philosophy. When Benzema was young, his idol was Ronaldo. From the Brazilian, he not only studied his footwork skills, but also studied his comprehensiveness.
"He knows how to score, how to organize games and how to dribble under his feet. He is a person who makes me believe in myself and imitate his skills, but not in the same way or at the same speed, because his level is higher than mine. "
"But I like this kind of striker."
Benzema passes against Atletico Madrid 1V3.
If you want to find a similar moment in his real Madrid career, you may be able to describe it relatively accurately by passing the ball against Atletico Madrid.
20 16- 17 season Champions League semi-final second leg Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid. Benzema met Atletico's triple team in the narrow sideline, but unexpectedly, Benzema broke through and surpassed others from the triple team like a wonderful pen.
Statistically, you won't see this pass, and after Benzema broke through, he just sent a pass, but in Benzema's own view:
"This performance is my definition of football. If I am not a professional player, I will watch this video repeatedly and aim at it every day. "
When you have a star who is a top player in a club like Real Madrid, a striker who can score more than 30 goals a season, and a player who cares less about personal data and more about the operation of the team, it's hard not to think about him.
So before the 202 1 European Cup, Benzema finally received the call-up notice from the national team.
Benzema scored four goals for France in last year's European Cup.
Although these six years have not been explained, Benzema is still very happy despite the poor performance of the French team in the European Cup last year:
"I never gave up and lost confidence, otherwise I wouldn't come back here again. It must be disappointing to lose the national team, but setbacks are part of your career. I have always wanted to return to the national team, so I have been training and playing hard, and now my efforts have paid off. "
Benzema also won this year's Golden Globe Award for his outstanding performance in the 20021-22 season.
This is a trophy that he has been obsessed with since he was a child, because his idol Cristiano Ronaldo and Zidane, the big brother of the national team, are both Algerians and have won the highest personal recognition in football.
For a long time, this trophy will not be associated with Benzema. However, as the saying goes, gold always shines, and Benzema finally waited for his own moment.
Benzema 1 month ago won the Golden Globe Award.
It's a pity that we can't see the return of Mr. Golden Ball in Qatar after eight years. For Benzema, who turned 35 in 1 month, it is very likely that he will bid farewell to his last World Cup or even his last trip to France.
In the eyes of many people, this may once again prove that Benzema and France are naturally incompatible. But anyone who really knows him will understand that it is precisely because he put the country first that he ended his dream so decisively and personally.
So, is Benzema a patriot? This is no longer a problem.
It sucks. The World Cup fan village was madly spit out: garbage is everywhere for one night 1400 is still rare! For the first time, Messi Cristiano Ronaldo made a blockbuster in the same box, and both social media sent a group photo. The reporter issued a document to support Cristiano Ronaldo: Tenghahe should go out of the CR7 family and friends group and praise it collectively.