Axel Allag, Media365, published on Monday October 7, 2024 at 8:19 a.m.
Dayot Upamecano will not participate in the Blues’ two matches against Israel and Belgium in the Nations League (October 10 and 14) due to a hamstring injury contracted with Bayern Munich in Frankfurt. To replace him, Loïc Badé was called.
Dayot Upamecano will have to ignore the gathering of the Blues. Sunday, on the pitch of Eintracht Frankfurt, the French international central defender of Bayern Munich had to give way to Eric Dier in the 90th minute due to thigh pain. Scorer in the 38th minute of this goal-rich match (3-3), he underwent an MRI during the night from Sunday to Monday and the result was negative, as reported by our colleagues from L’Equipe.
Affected in the ischios, the central defender is therefore withdrawn from the gathering of the French team which will begin this Monday at Clairefontaine. Didier Deschamps’ players will face Israel (October 10 in Budapest) then Belgium (October 14 in Brussels) as part of the Nations League. The 2022 World Cup finalist, who has a total of 27 caps with the Blues, will therefore not form the central hinge with William Saliba during the next two meetings of the national selection and this is inevitably a hard blow for Didier Deschamps. “Injured on Sunday against Frankfurt, the Bayern Munich defender will not participate in the October rally. Loïc Badé is called in as reinforcement,” announced the FFF this Monday morning.
On the eve of France-Belgium last September (2-0), the central defender of Bayern Munich stood out with his cry of alarm against the overloaded schedule for the players. “The spectators want a good game, but it is complicated to produce a good game with all the matches,” lamented Dayot Upamecano, who continued his remarks: “I hope that they (FIFA and UEFA, editor’s note) will understand one day that we play too many matches, that also brings injuries, we had two injured in the selection and if things don’t calm down there will be more.” With this injury, he joins the long list of injured people in recent days, such as Dani Carvajal (rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament, the external collateral ligament and the popliteal tendon of the right leg), Vinicius Junior (cervicals) or even Kai Havertz (knee) and Jamal Musiala (hip).
