Doha - (AFP) - Karim Benzema , the best player in the world for the year 2022, left the French national football team's exercises on Saturday, to determine the type and severity of his injury, according to what Agence France-Presse learned from a source close to the World Cup holder who is preparing to defend. His title Tuesday against Australia in the Qatar 2022 edition.

And after the absence of Real Madrid's top scorer from matches since last October due to a thigh injury, he participated on Saturday in group exercises for the first time since the team gathered in Clairefontaine last Monday. In the event that any player withdraws from coach Didier Deschamps' squad, he can be replaced until Monday, on the eve of the first match.