The absence of the PSG defender is added to those of Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté in the ranks of the French team. The monaco player who replaced him had not been called in selection until then.
by Florian Lefèvre
Before flying to Qatar, where she is about to put her title at stake during the 2022 World Cup, the French team is weakened.
Didier Deschamps, who was already to deal with the packages of his midfielders, Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté, will not be able to count on Presnel Kimpembe, who was part of the initial list of the Blues. The international defender of Paris Saint-Germain, crowned world champion in 2018, was deemed insufficiently restored, Monday, November 14, after a left thigh injury.
The French Football Federation specifies in a press release that the decision was made “this [Monday] morning, in Clairefontaine, after an exchange between the player and the doctor of the French team, Dr. Franck Le Gall, then between The player and Didier Deschamps “.
“Unfortunately, my health goes above all and the last tests have shown that I will not be able to ensure a 200 % return and I do not wish to destabilize the group,” announced Presnel Kimpembe on its Twitter account.
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It is therefore a new blow for the coach, who loses a usual holder of his team. During the last euro, Presnel Kimpembe made the pair in central defense with Raphaël Varane … Another player injured in the thigh in October but finally tried fit by the staff to compete in international competition.
a great first for Disasi
To replace Presnel Kimpembe, Didier Deschamps called on Axel Disasi, the defender of AS Monaco. This is the very first time that the 24-year-old has been summoned to the France A team.
Trained at Paris FC, the native of Gonesse (Val-d’Oise) had started in Ligue 1 at the Stade de Reims before joining AS Monaco in 2020, where he is a non-Builder with the club having finished Third in Ligue 1 after the 2021-2022 season. To date, Disasi has no selection with the French team and had never been called to the hopes.
Axel Disasi is expected during the day at the Clairefontaine (Yvelines) training center. He is not the only one. Indeed, Marcus Thuram, last -minute guest in the list of Didier Deschamps, became 26
the new list of twenty -Six players summoned by Didier Deschamps
Guardians: Alphonse Areola (West Ham), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Rennes)
Defenders: Axel Disasi (AS Monaco) Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich), Théo Hernandez (AC Milan), Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool FC), Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal ), Raphaël Varane (Manchester United), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
Environments: Eduardo Camavonga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (As Monaco), Mattéo Guendouzi (Olympique de Marseille), Adrien Rabiot (Juvenus), Aurélien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Jordan Veretout (Olympique de Marseille)
attackers: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid), Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Mönchengladbach)