The French nugget, who has passed several medical examinations, suffers from a "partial rupture of the right anterior common ligament as well as mobility and laxity requiring reconstructive surgery," says the club's medical statement.

A blow for the France team, which begins on June 20 its preparation for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Coach Hervé Renard is already deprived for the moment of the two other major offensive assets of the squad, Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto, injured. The first is supposed to find the fields for the World Cup, the second is very uncertain.

Sunday, the winger, executive and indisputable holder in the France team, remained for a long time on the ground of the Parc des Princes after a contact with the Parisian Elisa De Almeida, during the "final" of D1.

Olympique Lyonnais "will make every effort to allow him to return in the best conditions for future deadlines to come," the statement continued.

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