While Benzema drops out of the World Cup, what Martino is doing with Raul Jimenez
France announced that Karim Benzema is out due to injury, here's what Martino does with Jimenez's injury
The worst news is confirmed for France and its Qatar 2022 aspirations. Karim Benzema will not be at the 2022 World Cup after failing to recover from his injury a few hours before the start of the competition. The Frenchman tried, but in the last training session of the team in Arab lands he ended up leaving.
Didier Deschamps loses his great figure and current Ballon d'Or. While this happens and France prefers to do without one of its best weapons, Gerardo Martino continues to insist on Raul Jimenez, an element that is currently not well physically, but is already in Qatar with the Mexican national team.
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Gerardo Martino stated that the player has made positive progress and even gave him several minutes in the last friendly against Sweden. A situation that not even Wolverhampton, Jimenez's club, seemed to be aware of. Martino's insistence is so much that he even deleted Santiago Gimenez from the team, because he is sure that Raul will make it to the World Cup.
Can Raul be replaced?
According to TUDN, at this stage Raul can no longer be replaced by the Mexican federation in case of injury. All because the team decided to take him to the competition knowing he was injured and FIFA statutes do not apply in that case.
