Europe 1 with AFP 1:56 p.m., June 11, 2022
N'Golo Kanté and Lucas Hernandez, spared Friday in Austria (1-1), withdrew for France-Croatia on Monday and left the gathering of the France team, the Federation announced on Saturday.
Kanté is "embarrassed by knee pain", while Hernandez, also bothered by muscle pain on Friday, will join his partner "who is waiting for a happy event".
N'Golo Kanté and Lucas Hernandez, spared Friday in Austria (1-1), withdrew for France-Croatia on Monday and left the gathering of the France team, the Federation announced on Saturday.
Kanté is "embarrassed by knee pain", while Hernandez, also bothered by muscle pain on Friday, will join his partner "who is waiting for a happy event".
First selection for Konaté
Kanté had already missed the last two matches of the Blues, his absence on the lawn being added to that of Paul Pogba, which allowed substitutes to express themselves, in Croatia (1-1) and in Austria, in particular the Monegasque Aurélien Tchouaméni and two Marseillais, Boubacar Kamara and Matteo Guendouzi.
In defense, the absence of Lucas Hernandez in Vienna on Friday, added to Raphaël Varane's package and Didier Deschamps' desire to spare Presnel Kimpembe, captain on Monday against Croatia, allowed Ibrahima Konaté to live his first selection in Blue, with at his side William Saliba, tenured a second time in a row.