Several reports indicate that Karim Benzema will be out for about three or four weeks due to the injury in the last training session with France. This means that he could not be available for Didier Deschamps until a hypothetical World Cup final, something that has pushed him to stay out of the tournament.

Karim himself was the first to assume that it was best to step aside to make room for another striker and thus increase France's chances of winning the tournament in Qatar (although the coach decided to not invite any new player).

Being out for about a month, his presence in Real Madrid's first game after the World Cup is practically guaranteed. It will be against Real Valladolid at the José Zorrilla stadium on December 30 or 31.