N'Golo Kanté, out of Qatar due to injury 0:40
(CNN Spanish) -
The current world champion, France, presented its list of players summoned to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
Didier Deschamps's team, who seeks to break the curse and repeat the title consecutively, arrives as one of the favorites, with figures from Russia 2018 such as Varane, Griezmann, Giroud and Mbappé, as well as the arrival of young promises such as Camavinga and Tchouaméni and the return of a veteran who was absent from the last tournament, Karim Benzema, winner of the Ballon d'Or this year and one of the greatest figures in the World Cup.
But there are two notable and painful absences: N'Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba.
Both were decisive in the world title four years ago and are still elite players.
Kanté will miss the World Cup with France due to a hamstring injury in a game with his club, England's Chelsea.
Kanté has already had a successful operation, but a four-month long recovery is expected.
Pogba will miss the World Cup due to injury, something that has kept him away from football since his arrival at Juventus this season.
In the squad list there is a strong presence of footballers from Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, with four for each club.
archers
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Areola (West Ham)
Lloris (Tottenham)
Mandanda (Rennes)
defenses
Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)
Theo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Kimpembe (PSG)
Konate (Liverpool)
Kounde (FC Barcelona)
Pavard (Bayern Munich)
Saliba (Arsenal)
Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
Varan (Manchester United)
Midfielders
Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Fofana (Monaco)
Guendouzi (Olympique de Marseille)
Rabiot (Juventus)
Tchouameni (Real Madrid)
Veretout (Olympique de Marseille)
strikers
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Eat (Bayern Munich)
Dembele (FC Barcelona)
Giroud (AC Milan)
Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Mbappe (PSG)
Nkunku (Leipzig)
France, which arrives at the World Cup with poor recent results (lost to Croatia and Denmark in the UEFA Nations League), will lead a group that seems simple: Australia, Denmark (it arrives plugged into the Nations League) and Tunisia.
This is how the Qatar World Cup groups are: classified countries, matches and dates
With information from Sebastián Jiménez and Uriel Blanco.
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