N’Golo Kanté – CHRISTOPHE SAIDI / SIPA
N’Golo Kanté is not a machine, he is human. The proof, the midfielder of the France team forfeited the trip to Kazakhstan counting for the second qualifying game for the 2022 World Cup after feeling a pain in the left thigh against Ukraine.
The Chelsea player will join his club and the Blues will go to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan on Friday, with a group of 25 players and not 26, the midfielder not being replaced for the last two matches in March, counting for qualifying at the World Cup. -2022, against Kazakhstan on Sunday (3 p.m.) and in Bosnia on Wednesday (8:45 p.m.).
A small lesion
The player who will be 30 years old Monday “felt a pain in the hamstrings of the left thigh at the very end of the match against Ukraine, Wednesday, at the Stade de France. He underwent clinical and radiological examinations on Thursday, which revealed a small lesion ”, explained the federation in a press release published in the evening, on the eve of the departure of the Blues for Kazakhstan.
Kanté played the 90 minutes of the match against Ukraine on Wednesday in Saint-Denis, alongside Adrien Rabiot in the midfield. The Blues, inefficient, were surprised (1-1) for their entry into the running in this qualifying campaign for the World Cup in Qatar.