Faced with the slaughter and the packages in shambles, the staff of the Blues had to rack their brains.
Meeting on Wednesday in Paris, Didier Deschamps and his assistants Guy Stéphan and Franck Raviot experienced a few cold sweats, forced to deal with the injuries of the moment.
While holding their breath in front of their TV screen watching the evening's Champions League matches in the face of new last-minute glitches.
The coach of the world champions would have preferred another context this Thursday at 2 p.m. when listing the names of the players selected for the matches against Austria and Denmark (September 22-25) in the League of Nations.
State of play.
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Promised for the Ballon d'Or, Karim Benzema should not be in the game due to a right thigh injury.
Until the last moment, the staff kept informed of the health of the Madrid player hoping to slip him into the list.
In vain.
Who will replace him ?
Obviously the profile of Olivier Giroud…
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