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Kylian Mbappé will have to wait and Didier Deschamps too. Absent with the Paris SG on Saturday, the star striker continues to heal his thigh painful, at the risk of failing the Blues who rely on him to qualify for the Euro-2020.

Thirty minutes and a decisive pass to Bordeaux on Saturday in the Championship, half an hour Tuesday at the Turks Galatasaray Wednesday in the Champions League, then ... nothing against Angers this weekend.

The take-off of the world champion, hit at the end of August, suffered a brutal stop on Friday when his coach Thomas Tuchel announced his withdrawal for the 9th day of L1, just before two decisive games of the French team, in Iceland (11 October) and against Turkey (14 October) for which he was summoned Thursday.

Accustomed to beat all the records of precocity, and to frenzy the lap times of his crazy high speed, "Kyky" this time, did not choose the best timing, while the PSG and the Blues claim it.

"Kylian will not play tomorrow (Saturday), he is not injured again, it is not a relapse but the scar and the nerve are too close, we have an uncomfortable reaction and we have to treat", announced Tuchel.

"We have to give him more treatment, it bothers him when he plays, we have to treat that and we need time ... If we do a treatment for a few days, with the scar, he can go back to his state before Bordeaux, when he was totally ready. "

- To chase, "not obvious" -

The absence of Mbappé against Angers, unexpected 2nd in the Championship, is necessarily bad news for Tuchel. But the German technician has leather tanned by several weeks to juggle many absences of mark in attack - Neymar, Mauro Icardi, Edinson Cavani ...

For coach Didier Deschamps, the question may prove more difficult, especially since the usual incumbent, Olivier Giroud, plays very little with Chelsea since the beginning of the season.

The two matches of September, played without Mbappé, had gone well for the Blues, with distinguished performances of Kingsley Coman and Jonathan Ikoné, but it was against opponents of lower caliber, Albania (4-1) and Andorra (3-0). This time, the opponents of France (Turkey, 1st group and Iceland 3rd) are those who compete for the qualification for the Euro.

"I'm going to see what's happening this weekend with his club and then we have a little week before the first game to see his athletic condition.Today, chaining twice 90 minutes in three days does not seem obvious, even if it's a young player, "Deschamps said Thursday.

"He had his first major muscle injury, the hardest is behind him," he added. But without Mbappé, nor Paul Pogba, also injured, it is perhaps the hardest that begins for the Blues.

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