FIFA World Cup 2022: France harm scare as Tchouameni and Upamecano miss coaching forward of semi-final

Aurelien Tchouameni and Dayot Upamecano missed coaching as France put together for his or her World Cup semi-final towards Morocco on Wednesday.

Doha,UPDATED: Dec 12, 2022 23:24 IST

FIFA World Cup: Tchouameni, Upamecano miss France coaching (Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni and center-back Dayot Upamecano didn’t practice with France forward of their World Cup 2022 semi-final towards Morocco. France defeated England 2-1 on Saturday evening to advance to the semi-finals towards Morocco on Wednesday evening.

The French federation supplied no clarification for his or her absence, however sports activities day by day L’Equipe reported that Upamecano was affected by a sore throat and Tchouameni was injured.

Tchouaméni was not anticipated to begin for France in its bid to grow to be the primary staff in 60 years to efficiently defend its World Cup title six months in the past. Injuries to midfield standouts Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté 4 years in the past made manner for an unlikely new pairing of Tchouaméni and Adrien Rabiot.

Didier Deschamps’ staff has already been hampered by accidents, with Karim Benzema, Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kante, and Christopher Nkunku all dominated out. And the seasoned French supervisor was lacking one other set of key gamers as we speak.

Tchouameni, 22, scored a screamer towards the Three Lions however later suffered a calf pressure. He accomplished the 90-minute exercise and is predicted to play on Wednesday, however the lingering problem stored him off form.

Meanwhile, defender Dayot Upamecano has been sick. According to L’Equipe, the Bayern Munich star was absent as a result of a sore throat. If he’s unable to get well in time for the match towards Morocco, Ibrahima Konate or William Saliba will take his place.

Four different gamers participated in a warm-up however didn’t placed on their boots to take part in any soccer workouts. Raphael Varane, Ousmane Dembele, and Theo Hernandez have been the opposite gamers who didn’t take part in your entire session. Defender Lucas Hernandez was compelled to overlook the primary match of the match as a result of an ACL harm suffered towards Australia.

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Dec 12, 2022