Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines (France) (AFP)
The French team has resumed almost complete training on Tuesday in Clairefontaine, four days before the reception of Albania in qualifying for the Euro-2020, still without Raphael Varane, delayed for a medical intervention and arrived year evening at the castle.
The defender of Real Madrid has undergone a "dental intervention", as revealed Monday by Didier Deschamps, who briefly prevented him from traveling and going to the Yvelines for the start of the rally without questioning, according to the coaching , its availability at the meetings of Saturday against Albania, and Tuesday 10 against Andorra at the Stade de France.
Arrived shortly before 19:30 in Clairefontaine, Varane will resume training on Wednesday for an in camera session. While waiting for the return of their defender, the other 22 Blues have been training for an hour and a half around 18:00, this time completely while the day before only five of them had donned the crampons, the others being contained of a jogging , or only of a work in room.
The opportunity for the young midfield players Arsenal Mattéo Guendouzi and Lille Jonathan Ikoné to participate in their first ball games and oppositions alongside the Blues, in front of a few dozen fans.
The second is part of the list originally announced by Deschamps Thursday, while the first was called on Monday, when he was summoned to the Espoirs, replacing last minute Paul Pogba, injured ankle.
Deschamps must, for this gathering, face a large amount of injuries among his frames. In addition to Pogba, Kylian Mbappé, N'Golo Kanté, Ousmane Dembele, Aymeric Laporte and Tanguy Ndombele are notably absent.
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