JAKARTA - Bad situation befell the French national team ahead of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday, November 20. Christopher Nkunku was forced to miss out due to injury.
Unfortunately, he suffered the injury in his first training session which took place on Tuesday, November 15 in Qatar. This injury left Nkunku "expelled" early.
"The injury in Christopher Nkunku's training had to be absent from participating in the World Cup. The whole team felt Christopher's sadness and hoped he would recover quickly," wrote the French national team on Instagram on Wednesday, November 16.
Losing Nkunku is a big loss for Les Blues. Especially before Nkunku, a number of other stars were also excluded for the same reason.
Call it N'golo Kante, Paul Pogba to Corentin Tolisso, which from the start was not included in the list of players who were brought to Qatar due to injuries.
In addition to star players who did not participate due to injury, Didier Deschamps as the coach of the French national team also left several other big names from the start. For example, Nabil Fekir, the player who has 25 caps with Les Bleus has not been attracted by Deschamps.
Fekir could actually be an option to replace Pogba's absence. However, Deschamps did not look at the player who was part of the French squad when he won the 2018 World Cup. Since September 2020, Fekir has never been called Deschamps to the French national team again.
Likewise Anthony Martial, this 26-year-old player belonging to Manchester United, was not Deschamps' choice from the start. Whereas Martial is recorded to have 30 caps with the French national team and has a good pre-season record with the Red Devils.
Had an injury but now back in good condition, Martial is still not in Deschamps' plan. After taking part at Euro 2016, Martial then missed the 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020, and 2022 World Cup.
The following is a list of players who did not include Deschamps for the French national team at the 2022 World Cup:
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