Benzema injury adds to tales of World Cup woe for Ballon d´Or winners

France have been dealt another injury blow as Karim Benzema is out of the World Cup. Benzema will become the first reigning Ballon d’Or winner to miss a world finals since Allan Simonsen’s Denmark failed to qualify for the 1978 tournament. The ‘holders’ curse’ is now well established – Benzema had been hoping to help […]