The image left little room for doubt. Arm in a sling, face deformed by pain, Kadidiatou Diani came out injured at half-time in the Champions League quarter-final return against Wolfsburg. And the verdict, announced by The Team And The Parisianonly confirmed the visual impression: it is a broken collarbone for the Parisian striker, whose absence is estimated at a month and a half.
One of the rebels of the French team era Corinne Deacon will therefore no matter what happens not be part of the players summoned on the occasion of the first list of Hervé Renard as coach of the Blues, Friday. France will play two friendly matches against Colombia (April 7) and Canada (April 11). There are, however, no worries surrounding Diani’s recovery ahead of the World Cup, which starts on July 20.