The carnage continues.
Hit in the right ankle, Lucas Digne will not be able to participate in the two Nations League matches against Austria on Thursday at the Stade de France and in Denmark on Sunday.
Called on Monday by Didier Deschamps to compensate for Théo Hernandez's package, the Aston Villa defender showed up at the start of the evening at the National Football Center in Clairefontaine.
He consulted Dr. Franck Le Gall who recorded his unavailability due to edema in the right ankle.
To replace him, Didier Deschamps called on Adrien Truffert this Tuesday morning.
The Stade Rennais FC defender left the Espoirs group at the start of the morning to join the France A team.
Hit in the right ankle, Lucas Digne is forfeited and replaced by Adrien Truffert!
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– French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) September 20, 2022
Monday, the staff of the Blues had announced the package of Hugo Lloris (right thigh injury) and Théo Hernandez (right adductor).
Absences which were already added to a long list of injured: Kimpembe, L. Hernandez, Benzema, Coman, Kamara, Rabiot, Kanté, Pogba.
Éric Bedouet, physical trainer for the France team between 2014 and 2016, explained in our columns that if it was "complicated to make a generalization of injuries contracted by players playing in different clubs", he nevertheless noted some common points. .
“We saw that a whole bunch of players had arrived sharpened and already ready to resume training, he specifies.
With the World Cup in sight, they started the season with a bang, while this type of player is rarely in top form at this time of year.
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