JAKARTA - Karim Benzema has played a total of five games at the World Cup, with the five matches coming during the 2014 edition in Brazil.

French strikers started in each of these matches, made their debut against Honduras and played until France was eliminated by Germany.

In the 2018 edition of Russia, Benzema was dropped from the Didier Deschamps squad for his role in the Mathieu Valbuena extortion scandal.

Following his slick performance at Real Madrid which gave him the Ballon d'Or trophy, Benzema was again called up to Les Bleus' squad for the 2022 World Cup.

However, bad luck happened to Benzema when he picked up an injury just before the tournament started which meant he had missed every game France played in Qatar.

However, despite not appearing in a single game, Benzema and team-mate Lucas Hernandez - who like Benzema suffered an injury - are still in the French squad.

The two players were not replaced by any player even though they were sent back to their respective clubs. This means that this fact gives them the opportunity to bring home the winning medal if France repeats its success from 2018.

Les Bleus successfully ended Morocco's dream of a score of 2-0 and made sure he went to the top of the party to face Argentina, which rolled Croatia 3-0.


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