big blow for the Blues, Kimpembe withdraws

A huge blow. One more after the confirmed packages of Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté or Mike Maignan. Presnel Kimpembe (27, 28 caps), titled in Russia in 2018, withdrew from injury for the World Cup (November 20-December 18). He will be replaced by the Monegasque Axel Disasi, never summoned to the France team and who is expected this Monday in Clairefontaine for the start of the rally. The PSG defender, who entered at the end of the match against Auxerre on Sunday, had to give up, considering himself unfit to face the challenge of the World Cup.

“This decision was taken this morning, in Clairefontaine, after an exchange between the player and the doctor of the French team, Dr. Franck Le Gall, then between the player and Didier Deschamps. The staff of the French team salutes the honesty of Presnel“, Says the France team via a press release.

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The player, part of Didier Deschamps who had made him captain in particular last June for the League of Nations match against Croatia, expressed his pain and his immense disappointment as well. “The last tests showed that I will not be able to ensure a 200% yieldhe says in a press release. And I don’t want to destabilize the group.” A real heartbreak for the “Titi” of PSG, hit in the Achilles tendon, who will not have succeeded in regaining the fullness of his means.

Disasi preferred to Badiashile

To compensate for this last minute package, which almost ensures a starting place for Lucas Hernandez as left axial, Didier Deschamps has called in a new kid: the Monegasque Axel Disasi (24 years old). Another Rock player, Benoît Badiashile, called during the last rally, could also have claimed a selection. But the coach of the Blues decided otherwise. He is expected this Monday at 4 p.m. at a press conference.

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