Benzema brushes off goal drought

France forward Karim Benzema insisted he is unconcerned about his international goal drought ahead of a friendly against Australia and Les Bleus' final World Cup qualifier at home to Finland.

The Real Madrid frontman has not found the back of the net for his country since June 5, 2012 and was dropped by coach Didier Deschamps for the 4-2 win in Belarus last month that ensured France of at least second spot in Group I.

Although France ended a run of almost nine fruitless hours of toil in front of goal with Franck Ribery's first strike in Gomel, the one filip for Benzema was that at least it wasn't his replacement Olivier Giroud who brought goals to the team.