While the last gathering before a World Cup is supposed to bring the last automatisms to a collective already in place, the Blues must navigate in troubled waters at the end of September to face Austria then Denmark in the League of Nations.
The fault of an already busy infirmary which continues to welcome new patients two days before the duel against Ralf Rangnick's band at the Stade de France.
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As goalkeeper, captain
Hugo Lloris
(139 caps), called up by coach Deschamps in his first list of 26 players, had to leave Clairefontaine on Monday following an injury to his right thigh.
Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont therefore replaced him.
The defensive sector is not left out with the knee injury of
Ibrahima Konaté
(2 selections), absent from the lawns with his club Liverpool since August 1st.
Two weeks ago,
Presnel Kimpembe
(28 caps) joined the defensive absentees for a hamstring problem following a bad tackle against Brest.
With Bayern,
Lucas Hernandez
(32 caps) was injured in the Champions League, against Barça after feeling pain in his left leg.
His Milanese brother
Theo Hernandez
(7 caps) is hit in the right adductor.
While
Lucas Digne
(46 caps) was called yesterday to replace the latter, the Aston Villa defender also declared a package victim of a
“right ankle edema”.
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The curse also came to the midfield.
Executives
Paul Pogba
(91 selections) and
N'Golo Kanté
(53 selections) are also absent, respectively injured in the knee and thigh.
The Juventus midfielder even underwent surgery to fix his meniscus problems.
In Turin,
Adrien Rabiot
(29 caps) has been sidelined for ten days due to calf problems.
His replacement
Boubacar Kamara
(3 selections) also had to throw in the towel, injured on Friday against Southampton.
It is therefore Jordan Veretout who will have to take over.
In attack, France recorded fewer absences with “only” two injured, but what injuries.
Real Madrid striker
Karim Benzema
(97 caps, 37 goals) is still out following his injury in the Champions League against Celtic Glasgow.
As for
Kingsley Coman
(40 caps), he is still unavailable with an hamstring injury.
The misfortune of some...
While we fantasize about "post-Deschamps" by imagining what the future of the Blues would be like with Zinédine Zidane at its head and the departures of certain executives, this somewhat special international truce offers the opportunity to the The French team to test young players in progress, placed in an incubator, among whom we find the Monegasques Benoît Badiashile and Youssouf Fofana, the goalkeeper Alban Lafont but also the Frankfurt striker Randal Kolo Muani or the young hope of Rennes Adrien Truffert.
This situation also represents a non-negligible way of empowering certain players like Aurélien Tchouaméni, Christopher Nkunku, Mike Maignan or Dayot Upamecano.
