Benzema, Platini and Blanc rejected Macron’s invitation to Qatar, and Zidane was also absent

The France All her weapons on and off the field are preparing for the final World Cup 2022 Against Argentina, but he will not be able to bring them together, as three of the best football players in its history decided to miss the “Iconic Lusail Stadium”, where the pivotal match takes place.

The winner of the Golden Ball Award, Karim Benzema, refused the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron to travel with the presidential delegation to Qatar to participate in the final, according to what he reported. Parisian.

The Real Madrid striker suffered a last-minute injury and missed the tournament, but he has recovered and may travel. However, it seems that he is not satisfied with Al-Ittihad and Didier Deschamps, and the result is that he prefers to stay in Madrid and continue training with Real.

For various reasons, Michel Platini and Laurent Blanc, two soccer players who wrote their histories as players, coaches, ex-players and as workers, declined the invitation.

The presidential plane, which will take off from Paris on Sunday morning, will carry other injured players who missed the tournament at the last minute, including Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, Presnel Kebebe and Christopher Nkunku.

They will be joined by judoka Teddy Renner, former Euro 1984 winner Alain Zers, as well as former international Bruno Siroux, international number one Laurie Boulogne, amputee French soldier Thibaut Faure, Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farah El Dibani (who sang the national anthem in April 2022, after the replay). Macron election) and of course First Lady Brigitte Macron.

It is worth noting that the French Federation also distributed invitations to the final, where Zinedine Zidane refused, but Roger Lemerre, Sidney Govou and Steve Savindan took a place in the stadium’s VIPs.

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