In Real Madrid’s crazy Champions League semi-final against Bayern (2-1), Wednesday evening at the Bernabeu, Aurélien Tchouaméni gave everything. Maybe even a little more than his body and prudence would have demanded. He had been playing with foot pain for some time, but even at 50%, Carlo Ancelotti absolutely wanted to play him and the Italian coach did not have to force much to convince him.
But after an hour of play, the French team midfielder (24 years old) had to leave his teammates because the pain was too severe. Real Madrid confirmed the bad news after the examinations carried out this Thursday, confirming an injury: Tchouaméni suffers from a stress fracture of the metatarsal, right next to the fracture which had kept him away from the field for almost two months, fall, according to a logic which also recalls Neymar’s injuries.
Even injured, Tchouaméni could appear in Deschamps’ first list on May 16
The Frenchman would be unavailable for a period of three to four weeks, which takes him away from participating in the Champions League final on June 1 at Wembley, against Borussia Dortmund, in three and a half weeks. In the Real entourage, it is emphasized that he could be in the squad, but probably not be a starter, given his convalescence in the meantime, and the risks of a relapse, which would have disastrous consequences for the team. French team.
After the withdrawal of Lucas Hernandez, victim of a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of a knee, and while Kingsley Coman has just resumed the race with Bayern, Didier Deschamps begins, in fact, to see the annoyances accumulate before the Euro (June 14 – July 14). The coach will communicate his list on Thursday May 16 live on the TF1 8 p.m. news, but he will have until June 7 to send his final list to UEFA.
If he were to be away from the field for a month, Tchouaméni (31 caps) could nevertheless go to the Euro, even short of competition, thanks to two factors: on the one hand, Deschamps really needs him in a line of his team which lacks experience since N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba are no longer there, and on the other hand, the move to 26 players could justify the coach taking a risk with a convalescent player, especially since he was not in favor of such a broad list.
