Karim Benzema won’t play before the World Cup | OneFootball

According to L’Équipe Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema is set not to play in Real Madrid’s next game on Thursday against Cadix in the final la Liga fixture before the World Cup break – it means that the French striker will not have played in the last three games before the tournament in Qatar begins, missing four of his last five matches for Los Blancos.

According to sources contacted by Get French Football News French national team staff don’t believe that Karim Benzema will be fit in time to start in Les Bleus’ opening match against Australia in the World Cup – if he is selected by Didier Deschamps in his squad announcement on Wednesday.

The Ballon d’Or winner was initially out of action for ten days due to muscular fatigue in his left thigh, and was training apart from Carlo Ancelotti’s squad. However, his muscle problems have been persisting – which ruled him out of the last three matches in La Liga, meaning he has only played four out of the last ten matches for the Spanish champions. He has, despite featuring in seven appearances, scored five goals and provided one assist so far this season.