Karim Benzema ruled out of World Cup final by Didier Deschamps
Benzema missed France’s 2018 World Cup win when he was out of international football for five years. In his absence in Qatar, Olivier Giroud has returned to the side and has scored four goals.
Deschamps is waiting to discover if a virus will force some of his players to miss the World Cup final. Adrien Rabiot and Dayot Upamecano sat out the semi-final win over Morocco with sickness, before Raphael Varane, Ibrahima Konate and Kingsley Coman missed training on Friday.
He added: “We are trying to manage this as best as we can and remain calm and focused. We are doing our best to take precautions and adapt and live with it without going too far but doing what is necessary. We would have preferred not to face this but are managing it as best as we can.”
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