Before the match eve session, the coach had indicated in a press conference that Mbappé and Benzema would be preserved, like Kingsley Coman, N'Golo Kanté and Jules Koundé.
Mbappé "has a small problem due to a contusion (which occurred on Wednesday in training, editor's note) which is not irreparable", indicated Deschamps.
"We will see for tomorrow (Monday)" but "he will not participate in the session today", he continued, without saying if the player was forfeited for the meeting in Split.
The Paris SG striker left as a precaution on Friday at half-time of the match lost 2-1 against Denmark, in Saint-Denis, embarrassed in his left knee.
Christopher Nkunku replaced him in the second half.
Sunday in the heat of Split, where the thermometer was around 33 ° C, Mbappé was content to trot on the lawn of the Poljud stadium with Benzema during the first quarter of an hour of training open to journalists.
For their part, Coman, Kanté and Koundé pedaled on a stationary bike.
The coach has already had to resolve on Saturday the package of his defender Raphaël Varane, injured in a thigh, for the rest of the rally.
Liverpool player Ibrahima Konaté, called up as reinforcement, took part in training on Sunday.
After the match in Croatia, the Blues face Austria on June 10 in Vienna then, again, Croatia on June 13 at the Stade de France.
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