Aurélien Tchouameni, captain during the October gathering, will not join the French team next Monday at Clairefontaine. The Real Madrid midfielder, victim of a twisted left ankle on Tuesday evening in the Champions League, is expected to miss a month of competition according to our information and will therefore not be called up by Didier Deschamps this Thursday for the Champions League matches. League of Nations against Israel and Italy on November 14 and 17. Real Madrid confirmed this injury via a press release this Wednesday afternoon, without mentioning the duration of unavailability.
The former Monegasque (36 caps, 3 goals), left at half-time of the match against AC Milan (1-3) after receiving a blow, left the stadium limping. He underwent tests this morning which confirmed the nature of his injury. For this gathering, Didier Deschamps recorded, however, in midfield, the returns of Adrien Rabiot and N'Golo Kanté, both of whom were not called up in October. Without a club in September, the “Duke” has since signed a contract with OM, but had only played two half hours with Marseille before the announcement of the October list. Deschamps had judged it “wiser for him if he had a few more weeks to perfect his condition”.
N'Golo Kanté, captain in September against Belgium when Kylian Mbappé was a substitute (2-0), but absent in October due to injury, should bring his experience for two matches which should logically allow France, which has five points ahead of Belgium (3rd) in their group, to ensure their qualification for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations.
