France team: N'Golo Kanté back to training

The current best defensive midfielder on the planet has returned.

After training apart on Friday due to tendon pain, N'Golo Kanté was present with the group this Saturday afternoon on the Pierre-Pibarot field in Clairefontaine.

A week after winning the Champions League with Chelsea by being named best player of the final, the 2018 world champion evolved without embarrassment during an opposition between the holders and the substitutes.

In the morning, the Blues had the right to a big physical session with muscle building in the gym, then racing sessions with the physical trainer Cyril Moine.

During the afternoon training, Lucas Hernandez and Adrien Rabiot were absent as were Kingsley Coman.

The first is still treating a small bruise on his left ankle while the second is continuing to treat his knee.

These sores do not worry the coach.

Thomas Lemar, injured last month in an Atlético de Madrid match against Barça, was also on the pitch.

"I had small problems in one thigh but now I feel very good," said the former Monegasque.

I always want to play, I have to do my best in training.

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The second session of the afternoon started with a few races and then some ball game and “toros”.

Didier Deschamps then proceeded to an opposition of three periods of 20 minutes on 2 thirds of the field between the blues (holders) and the yellows (substitutes).

During the first period, the coach aligned in the blues the team that could start against Bulgaria on Tuesday with Lloris in goals, Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe and Digne in defense, Kanté, Pogba, Tolisso and the trio Griezmann, Benzema and Mbappé in attack.

He then made some adjustments during the following two periods with Koundé in place of Pavard at the right-back position and Lenglet in place of Kimpembé in the central axis.

The replacements have emerged.

This Sunday, the Blues will train at 5.30 p.m. before heading to the Stade de France on Monday afternoon for training at 6 p.m.

On Tuesday, they will play a final friendly match against Bulgaria in Saint-Denis, a week before the start of the Euro, on June 15, against Germany in Munich.