The temperature is ideal this Friday at the end of the afternoon in Doha.
Not a bit of wind disturbs the players on the immaculate lawn of the training stadium.
But all this does not prevent the France team from being crossed by a slight shiver.
Since Sunday, a virus has indeed caused some misery to live with the 24 internationals.
After Upamecano and Rabiot, who left the starting XI on Wednesday against Morocco (2-0), but have now recovered, after Coman on Thursday, still a little down, two new players are subject to precautionary measures.
Defenders Ibrahima Konaté and Raphaël Varane were preserved and did not participate in Didier Deschamps' penultimate session before the World Cup final against Argentina.
Added to this are two other absences, quickly noticed by an influx of big days on the media side.
Aurélien Tchouaméni and Théo Hernandez were also spared for this light training centered on ball tennis games.
The first received a blow to the hip, the second to the knee.
According to our information, they must resume training on Saturday.
Even if the general situation does not worry the staff of the Blues for the moment, it challenges two days before the shock against Argentina.
Asked about the spread of the virus at a press conference, Randal Kolo Muani delivered an optimistic speech: “There is a little flu that is spreading, but it's nothing bad.
I think they will recover very very quickly to be on their feet on Sunday, ”said the Frankfurt striker.
More information to follow.
