There were plenty of players missing because of "injury", Kante, Pogba, Benzema. To consider that they all could have played, then France would have certainly won the cup without a shadow of doubt in my mind, as it's football of course, with them on the field maybe Mbappe wouldn't have taken the lead and maybe they wouldn't even made that comeback.
But, it looks like Deschamps just didn't wanted Benzema there, and it could be understood if he doesn't feel comfortable with him as the manager and just didn't wanted him. Even the greatest players could be a trouble if there is a problem with the manager and they ignore them.
Not only him, but also other high-powered executives in France who did not allow Benzema to enter, now the real hope is that if Zidane takes charge of the France team he can make Bezema stay, +he will give it to him. he gets along very well with him and knows that with Benzema great things can be done and things can change for the better, however, at Real Madrid Benzema continues to be the owner and lord of the team, because he is like a savior for everything he has contributed to the team, without a doubt he is one of the best players that France has ever had and the fact of not putting him in to play is something like what Fernando Santos did with CR7.
I'm still worried about FC Barcelona's last match against intercity...i don't think Barcelona would be able to secure a win against a good attacking opponent team like Man City, Manchester United, or even real Madrid with such defensive errors. It was so unbelievable to see them score two goals and conceding two goals in under 20 minutes (66-86) minutes. It's quite clear that Barcelona's defense is not up to the tax ahead, and if Xavi does nothing about this it will definitely affect their performance in both the Europa league, copa del rey and la liga.
It's embarrassing to watch this team. With every opponent, Barcelona makes it look as if Bayern Munich and they are dreaming of beating Man Utd. This weak defense still inspires some diehard fans to believe they can compete in Europe. It's becoming clear to me that Xavi is just an average coach. I can't imagine how Xavi will cope with their game against Intercity. However, the match was more entertaining than the Champions League.
Did you remember last year? yeah barcelona got beaten by bundesliga team. People were always calling barcelona as perfect team no matter what happened with the club. As far as i know that if barcelona was performing so bad in the UCL. it was also doing the same thing in europa league. It seems like that the current squad of barcelona was not able to compete in the professional competition like UCL and europa league.
It can be seen from how barcelona was always failed to winning the trophy while mostly of fans called that as easy trophy for barcelona. I don't know what they were thinking about their favourite team. MU is far stronger than frankfurt
Whenever Barcelona get into a slightly better position, the team and coaching staff seem to get overconfident. And the easy trophy goes out of hand.
That can sometimes be overconfidence, it's not good to have those feelings in football because it's easy to crash with everything that's happening, for me when it comes to important or not so important games, if Barcelona wants You have to play as if every game were a feina, whether it's in the League, whether it's in the Europa League, you have to give your all for everything, there can be no excuses, Xavi has a good team, he just has to manage it well, it's not Difficult, otherwise he must step aside for another technical director to do the right thing, I think so, I'm not a Barcelona fan but they must do something quickly.
Here the following is speculated for the match with Atlético:
Injury update: Barcelona forward expected to be fit in time for Atletico Madrid clash
Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele gave a big scare when his side took on Intercity in the round of 32 of Copa del Rey during the week.
By the end of regulation minutes, the team from the third tier of the Spanish football system had managed to equalise three times, meaning that the two sides needed added minutes to find a winner.
Ultimately, it was Ansu Fati’s goal that differentiated the two teams, but Dembele’s hamstring issue towards the latter part of the game more or less gave Xavi a snag ahead of what is going to be a congested pile of fixtures.
Dembele, who was one of the scorers during the game, was arguably the biggest threat for Intercity. But during a volleyed attempt from inside the area, the French forward seemed to have hurt himself as he was seen holding his hamstrings.
The 25-year-old dropped off to the ground and needed help from his teammate to stretch his leg. Following a brief medical attention, he limped off towards the touchline but entered the field in no time.
Source:
https://barcauniversal.com/injury-update-barcelona-forward-expected-to-be-fit-in-time-for-atletico-madrid-clash/