An ovation for Captain Kylian Mbappé, a few whistles for Benjamin Pavard, then Hes for Adrien Rabiot and Didier Deschamps! If the public in the Parc des Princes was happy to find Captain Mbappé for the second meeting of the French team in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Tuesday evening against Iceland, but the regulars of the places for PSG meetings had a thought for Pavard, new OM player, and Adrien Rabiot, trained at PSG and passed through the Phocaeans.
Deschamps also took it for its rank. The coach of the Blues is somewhat in turmoil after the catastrophic management of Ousmane Dembélé. Last Friday, during the success against Ukraine (0-2), Désiré Doué had to abandon his team on a calf tear (requiring three to four weeks of rest) and it was “Dembouz”, victim of a muscular alert the previous weekend with his Parisian club, which was launched by “DD”.
It didn't miss it. Dembélé, who had obviously did not sprout as much as possible during his two training sessions with his selection, gave himself a tear to one of the ischio-leg muscles of the right leg, which will make him miss almost two months of competition!
Deschamps counter-attack
The day after the injury of the co-support for the Ballon d'Or 2025, the winner of the Champions League published a press release to denounce “Serious and avoidable facts” And ”
Urgently calling for a new medico-sport coordination protocol between clubs and national selection, more transparent and collaborative ”. Paris Saint-Germain had indeed warned the staff of the Blues of the fragility of its number 10.
During his pre-match press conference against the Icelanders, Didier Deschamps assured that the French team managed his players with the greatest precaution, taking into account the feeling of elements in mixture, and recalled that PSG was not his “Adversary, it has never been, even if we have interests that can diverge and it's normal”. Especially since the Blues are competing in importance in order to qualify directly for the next World Cup.
