After starting its qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup with two victories, against Ukraine (0-2) and Iceland (1-2), the France team has two new meetings on the program for this international window in October. The Blues welcome Azerbaijan on Friday at the Parc des Princes, before meeting the Icelanders on Monday.
Two matches that Bradley Barcola will not play, injured in his hamstring and replaced by Florian Thauvin. Affected with their respective clubs, Kylian Mbappé and Ibrahima Konaté were not invited to leave Clairefontaine. However, they were preserved this Tuesday.
And it was better that Mbappé and Konaté did not participate in the collective training this Tuesday evening, which was obviously intense… According to the daily The Teamthere were two big scares with Theo Hernandez and Adrien Rabiot, who received a big blow. If the two men were able to finish the session, the left side of Al-Hilal returned to the locker room grimacing.
Deschamps calls his players to order
Already forced to deal with numerous injuries, including 2025 Ballon d'or Ousmane Dembélé, Didier Deschamps was visibly not happy with these blows received by Theo Hernandez and Adrien Rabiot. The coach then issued a warning to his men, asking them to “be careful” not to be too aggressive in training.
It must be said that the question of the health of the players of the France team is at the heart of this gathering. There were notably new tensions between PSG and the FFF regarding the injury to Bradley Barcola. As was the case in January with Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué, both injured against Ukraine.
