The French national team finished the days of rest after the victory over Morocco in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and returned today (Friday) to practice, but with depleted forces.
The virus that infected a number of the Tricolor players continues to strike, and today coach Didier Deschamps had to manage without five sick players: Raphael Varane, Ibrahim Konata, Kingsley Coman, Orlain Tshoumani and Theo Hernandez.
In France, they hope that everyone will recover and be fit for Sunday's final against Argentina, as Adrien Rabiot has meanwhile recovered from the virus and returned to training.
There was a good atmosphere in the training hosted at Al Sadd Stadium.
The players were seen smiling, when the talk of the day in the French camp was Karim Benzema, who was injured even before the start of the tournament and was reported to be on his way back to Qatar.
Deschamps in training.
Conflict with Benzema, photo: Reuters
The Real Madrid striker received permission to join his team mates, to support them towards the finals, but in the end he stayed in Spain, and according to the French media, one of the reasons for this is the striker's shaky relationship with Deschamps.
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