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UKarim Benzema odle umhlanganiso kwi-Ballon d’Or ukhona kanti i-France ingambiza ukuthi azodlala kowamanqamu eNdebe yoMhlaba ye-Fifa njengoba ekuqaleni kuthiwe uzobe engekho kulo mqhudelwano.
Ukubuya ekulimaleni komgadli we-Real Madrid kungamenza andizele e-Qatar, athathe indawo ka-Olivier Giroud osefomini mhlawumbe futhi iqembu lakhe lidle umhlanganiso. Kodwa-ke, akunjalo?
Uma sikhuluma ngobuchwepheshe, kungenzeka. Njengoba i-France iqoke ukungafuni ozovala isikhala sakhe kulandela ukulimala kwakhe, bazovunyelwa ukuthi bamdlalise.
Ngokomzimba, kungenzeka njengoba nomdlali wase-Spain uMarca eqinisekisa ukubuya kwakhe, ethi ubeziqeqesha ngaphandle kwezinkinga isonto lonke.
Naphezu kokushaya amagoli angu-44 ngesizini edlule, ukufaka lo mdlali kungase kungabi nabulungiswa kubadlali abafinyelelise i-France kowamanqamu. Ikakhulukazi owayengumdlali we-Arsenal kanye ne-Chelsea uGiroud.
Lo mdlali (36) ube ngumshayimagoli ovelele wase-France ngesikhathi somqhudelwano, washaya amagoli amane okuhlanganisa nelawinisa i-France kuma-quarter-final ngesikhathi idlala ne-England. UDidier Deschamps ubengeke afune ukuyeka lo mdlali manje, akunjalo?
Ngesikhathi ebuzwa mayelana nokubakhona kukaBenzema, umqeqeshi we-France akazange akhiphe izimfihlo. “Angifuni ngempela ukuphendula lowo mbuzo, ngiyaxolisa,” esho esithangamini sakhe nabezindaba.
Ukuthi uBenzema uyabuya yini, noma uzoba yingxenye yomdlalo noma uzongena esikhundleni somunye kusazobonakala, njengoba i-France ibheke ukuba izwe lokuqala eminyakeni engu-60 ukuvikela ngempumelelo isicoco seNdebe yoMhlaba.
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