Kylian Mbappe and Ibrahima Konate have been dominated out of Monday’s 2026 World Cup qualifier in Iceland the place France might ebook their ticket to subsequent 12 months’s event.
Already affected by a “small niggle” in his proper ankle from taking part in for Actual Madrid, Mbappe took two knocks throughout Friday’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Azerbaijan in Paris, the place he opened the scoring however was substituted earlier than the top of the match.
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Liverpool defender Konate remained on the bench with a proper thigh downside together with his place in opposition to Iceland now taken by Marseille’s Benjamin Pavard.
Mbappe’s absence provides to the lengthy record of forwards unavailable for October’s World Cup qualifiers, which incorporates Ousmane Dembele, Want Doue, Marcus Thuram and Bradley Barcola.
After returning to the Clairefontaine coaching floor on Friday night time, “the French workforce captain spoke with (coach) Didier Deschamps who acknowledged his absence”, the French federation (FFF) stated in a press release.
Mbappe “has been launched to his membership (Actual Madrid) and won’t get replaced”, the FFF added, confirming hours later that Konate “has returned to his membership’s availability”.
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Konate had joined the workforce with a slight damage and “underwent remedy and a selected protocol however will be unable to play Monday in Reykjavik”, the FFF stated.
Mbappe scored on the stroke of half-time in opposition to Azerbaijan and was then struck by a deal with from Rustam Ahmedzade. He took one other knock to the identical ankle late within the sport, and was changed by Florian Thauvin.
“He has a sore ankle and he took a knock there. He most well-liked to come back off; the ache was fairly important,” Deschamps stated after the French victory.
Adrien Rabiot and the substitute Thauvin have been additionally on the scoresheet as Deschamps’s workforce stay unbeaten after three video games and high of Group D.
Les Bleus will ebook their passage to america, Canada and Mexico subsequent 12 months in the event that they win in Iceland on Monday and Ukraine fail to beat Azerbaijan.
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