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Real Madrid's Karim Benzema (third left) attends a training session with teammates at the Ciudad Real Madrid training complex in Valdebebas, outskirts of Madrid, on December 29, 2022. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)

Benzema 'motivated and enthusiastic' despite World Cup misery

File photo of Blaise Matuidi: AFP

French World Cup winner Matuidi retires

Didier Deschamps, left, with Noel Le Graet: AFP/Franck Fife

French chief wants Deschamps to stay

Fans wave Argentine flags as they celebrate their team's victory in the Qatar 2022 World Cup final football match against France, in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

More Americans watched Argentina-France than any World Cup match ever

France players and coach Didier Deschamps greet supporters at the Hotel de Crillon, Place de la Concorde, in central Paris: AFP/Julien De Rosa

Jubilant welcome for French on return

Argentina's goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez celebrates after denying France's Kingsley Coman during the penalty shoot-out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match at Lusail Stadium in Lusail on December 18, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

France's Coman, Tchouameni racially abused after World Cup final defeat

In this file photo taken on September 4, 2014, French forward Karim Benzema strikes during the friendly football match France vs Spain, at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

Benzema retires from international football after missing World Cup

France's Kylian Mbappe and teammates react after losing in the penalty shoot-out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup football final match against Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Lusail on December 18, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

French hearts are broken but future looks bright

France depart from their hotel after losing in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 final against Argentina at Al Messila, Doha, Qatar, on December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

France fly out of Qatar as FIFA acclaims World Cup attendance

France's Kylian Mbappe reacts after losing in the penalty shoot-out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup final against Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha on December 18, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Uncertainty over France's post-World Cup fan meeting

France captain Hugo Lloris: AFP

Time for Mbappe’s generation!

France coach Didier Deschamps: AFP

Deschamps to decide on future

France's forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup final match against Argentina at Lusail Stadium in Lusail on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

Mbappe heroics in vain but justify Pele comparisons

Fans react as Argentina scores a goal against France in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Final football match during a watch party at SOWA in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Drama specialists Argentina deserve their World Cup title

Lionel Messi looks at the World Cup trophy during the Qatar 2022 World Cup trophy ceremony after the final match against France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail on December 18, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

We had to suffer to win the World Cup say Argentina players