Zidane Loses Several French Players to Injury
The blows keep coming for Zinedine Zidane, the head coach of the French national team, as another player is confirmed to be out for the current break.
The former Real Madrid coach faces numerous challenges during the current international break due to the absence of a large number of key players because of injury. The absentees include William Saliba (Arsenal), Jules Koundé (Barcelona), Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea), Manu Koné (Roma), Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain), and Esteban Lepaul (Rennes).
Also on the list is defender Dayot Upamecano, who will miss the match against Italy due to suspension.
Yesterday, it was announced that Pierre Kalulu, a Juventus player, was ruled out due to injury. Zidane replaced him by calling up Saël Kumbedi, a Wolfsburg player.
Today, the website "Foot Mercato" reported that Marcus Thuram, the Inter Milan striker, will be absent from the French national team during this international break.
After being called up to the French national team by Zinedine Zidane for the first time following his absence from the international break last September, Marcus Thuram will not be in the final squad. The injured Inter Milan striker will miss the matches against Italy (Thursday) and Turkey (Sunday).
After suffering a right hamstring injury during Inter's 2-0 win over Como on Sunday, Marcus Thuram was unable to participate in the French national team's training. He remained under medical care, but his condition did not improve, so the French medical staff allowed him to return to his club. His replacement will be announced soon.
The French national team will play two important matches in the UEFA Nations League this November as part of the competition in Group 1 of League A.
Les Bleus lead the standings with 10 points, 3 points ahead of second-placed Italy (7 points), while Belgium is third and Turkey is in fourth place.
المصدر: Open sources
