Thomas Tuchel had to be shared on Saturday night after the heroic draw (1-1) snatched by his own, outnumbered for a half, on the lawn of Liverpool. Shared because if the former PSG coach could be proud of the second half of his players, he could only see the exit of N’Golo Kanté on injury, after a shock with Sadio Mané.
The images are certainly bearable, but the way in which the French midfielder has taken all the weight of the Senegalese on his ankle does not bode well. Especially since the former Caennais had already received a shock on the same ankle last week against Arsenal. Kanté tried to get back on the pitch, but the pain was too severe and Tuchel had to replace him with Kovacic at the break.
Kanté, uncertain about the rally in Clairefontaine
” He is wounded. He missed the Arsenal game with ankle pain and inflammation but it was obviously nothing serious as he was back in training and he started (against Liverpool) . But an opposing player fell on his ankle, twisted it again, and made him feel a pain similar to that felt before the game at Arsenal. He didn’t have the strength to accelerate and we had to get him out, ”explained the Chelsea coach after the meeting.
Bad news for Didier Deschamps and the French team, who will meet on Monday in Clairefontaine for the three qualifying matches at the 2022 World Cup (September 1 against Bosnia, 4 in Ukraine and 7 against to Finland). The player will undergo medical examinations this Sunday to find out whether or not he can find the France group, two months after the elimination in the round of 16 of the Euro against Switzerland.