Blues – French team – Victim of an ENT infection, Kylian Mbappé is uncertain against Côte d’Ivoire – Eurosport FR

The Blues will probably start their 2022 year without those who allowed them to end 2021 with a smile. In addition to Karim Benzema, already forfeited, Kylian Mbappé is very uncertain for the friendly match against Côte d’Ivoire this Friday. In a press conference, Didier Deschamps announced that the Parisian suffered from an ENT infection and that he could not participate in the last training this Thursday at the Vélodrome. His participation in the meeting is therefore strongly questioned. “I will take stock with him tomorrow (Friday) and the medical staff, I cannot give you a definitive answer”, replied the boss of the Blues. In midfield, Deschamps will also have to do without N’Golo Kanté, the Chelsea player who left the rally on Tuesday for family reasons. Team France Coman, ideal right piston for the Blues? 6 HOURS AGO Who will replace Kylian Mbappé? In the event of a package, Deschamps has three solutions for the two positions. If the tenure of Antoine Griezmann is beyond doubt, the coach must choose between Christopher Nkunku, Olivier Giroud and Wissam Ben Yedder to form his attacking duo. If the Monegasque, present continuously in the group for a year and a half, is the official understudy of Benzema, he could well be doubled in the hierarchy. Didier Deschamps in the foreground, Olivier Giroud in blur in the second – June 7, 2021 at the Stade de FranceCredit: Getty ImagesA chance for Nkunku? Deschamps insisted on the virtue of this March meeting: testing and seeing new faces. Nkunku should therefore start. Olivier Giroud, in the shadow of Benzema and Mbappé since the Euro, also has a good card to play. Whatever happens, the Blues will offer a new face in attack. Nine months from the World Cup, it’s a golden opportunity to show up for the usual understudy. Equipe de FranceThe bench, the whistles, Benzema, the Euro: The six times we buried Giroud too quickly19 HOURS AGOFrench teamThe Mbappé incident was “in no way a rebellion”A DAY AGO