Karim Benzema retires from international football

KATHMANDU: French forward Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from international football. The day after his team’s dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout loss to Argentina, Benzema announced his retirement from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.

Benzema has announced his retirement from international football on the occasion of his 35th birthday. Benzema was in the France team in the FIFA World Cup, but due to a thigh injury, he left the team before the World Cup and missed the World Cup.

The Ballon d’Or winner, who scored 37 times in 97 appearances for France, was expected to lead the nation’s line in Qatar but missed the World Cup after suffering a thigh injury in training the day before the tournament kicked off.

Benzema made his international debut in 2007. He played at the European Championship in 2008 and 2012 as well as the 2014 World Cup but was kept off the next two major tournament squads over a blackmail scandal.

I am proud of the work I have put in to get to where I am today. Mistakes have also been made in this process’, he said on social media, ‘I have written my story in this process and ours is coming to an end.’

J’ai fait les efforts et les erreurs qu’il fallait pour être là où je suis aujourd’hui et j’en suis fier !
J’ai écrit mon histoire et la nôtre prend fin. #Nueve pic.twitter.com/7LYEzbpHEs

— Karim Benzema (@Benzema) December 19, 2022