Now officially qualified for the 2026 World Cup, the France team will play its last qualifying match on Sunday against Azerbaijan. Without the slightest pressure.
Double scorer against Ukraine on Thursday evening, Kylian Mbappé will not make the trip to Baku. The captain of the Blues “still feels inflammation in his right ankle which requires testing. He will perform them today in Madrid.”
Eduarduo Camavinga and Manu Koné will also be absent for this final match of the calendar year. Information officially confirmed by the website of the French Football Federation.
Mbappé, “a rat’s gesture” assumed
Didier Deschamps will therefore have the opportunity to rotate his group considerably. If the match against Azerbaijan had had a stake, there is no doubt that Kylian Mbappé, who has now reached 400 career goals, would have been there.
The former Paris Saint-Germain player stood out at the Parc des Princes last night by a “rat gesture” in his own words, when Ukraine could potentially get a penalty. The Real Madrid striker had started to scratch the ground. “As I take a lot of penalties, I roughly know the support zones,” he laughed after the meeting.
