Wesley Pardin will return to France to take new exams.
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Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / POOL / AFP
He was certainly predictable, but the blow was no less hard.
The France team formalized Tuesday evening the withdrawal of its goalkeeper Wesley Pardin, author of an incredible first match against Norway at the start of the World Cup but victim of a serious injury against Switzerland on Monday.
"At the first examination carried out on the sidelines, we had a strong suspicion of a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament as well as a lesion of the internal lateral ligament, explained the doctor of the Blues Pierre Sébastien. The MRI carried out today [Tuesday] in Cairo, confirms the injury to the internal ligament as well as a partial injury to the anterior ligament but I have not yet seen the images. A new MRI will have to be performed in France to refine the diagnosis, therefore the treatment and the prognosis for recovery. "
Genty joins the group, Desbonnet arrives in reinforcement
The goalkeeper of the Pays d'Aix will return to France to carry out additional examinations.
He was replaced in the group of 16 by Yann Genty, Vincent Gérard's understudy at Paris Saint-Germain already present in Egypt since he was part of the initial group of 20 players who made the trip to Cairo.
But the French staff also decided to call Nîmes Rémi Desbonnet in reinforcement.
"We hope to benefit from his presence as quickly as possible. To get into the bubble, he will have to pass many obstacles but we hope to have him in a few hours," said coach Guillaume Gille on Tuesday evening.
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