Benzema rejects the invitation of the French President to attend the World Cup final, and other players as well

French international Karim Benzema, who was absent from the 2022 Qatar World Cup due to injury, decided to reject French President Emmanuel Macron's invitation to attend the World Cup final, which brings together France and Argentina on Sunday evening at Lusail Stadium.
And the “Foot Mercato” website mentioned, today, Saturday, quoting newspaper French "Le Parisien"

Benzema apologized for not attending the final confrontation in the World Cup in Qatar, after he received an invitation from the French presidency to accompany President Macron, who decided to attend the final.
According to the source, Benzema is not the only one who rejected the invitation of the French presidency, but rather a large number of old players for the Duke, such as Michel Platini, Laurent Blanc and Zinedine Zidane.

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Benzema, Blanc and Platini reject the invitation of the French presidency to attend the World Cup final
On the other hand, “Foot Mercato” mentioned that there are some players who have accepted Macron’s invitation, such as Jean-Michel Larque, Alain Gerais, Laurie Beaulieu and Benoit Shero, in addition to the French wisdom Stephanie Frapart who managed the confrontation between Germany and Costa Rica as the first woman to manage a confrontation in the World Cup, as well as the judo champion. Teddy Renner, and boxer Ibrahim Aslum.
Before inviting the French president, Benzema had published a tweet, on Friday, on his “Instagram” account, in which he wrote: “I do not care,” in response to French coach Didier Deschamps, who ignored the answer to a question asked to him after qualifying for the final, whether he would invite Benzema. for the final.

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It is noteworthy that Benzema was forced to leave the French national team on the opening day of the World Cup, after suffering a muscle injury at the level of the left thigh muscle, in his first training session with the French national team in his camp in Doha, which made him rest for three weeks.