France Team is in Crisis! Benzema Withdraws from the World Cup Due to Injury

France officially announced that Benzema was forced to withdraw from the World Cup due to left quadriceps injury

Official statement: "The whole team is sad for Benzema and wishes him a speedy recovery."

Benzema later updated his social networking account, he wrote: "In my life, I never gave up, but tonight I have to think about the team, because I always do, so reason tells me , to leave my place for someone who can help our team have a great World Cup. Thank you for all your messages of support."

In this World Cup, the defending champion France is in the same group as Australia, Denmark and Tunisia. The first game against Australia will start at 22:00 on November 22 (local time). It is reported that Deschamps can recruit one more player 24 hours before the first match in France, that is, before next Monday local time.

Benzema is 34 years old, and he will be 35 years old on the 19th of next month. This is likely to be his last World Cup.