The match against Ukraine, disputed and won Friday evening in Wroclaw, Poland, as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, will have left traces in the tricolor ranks. Respectively victims of a tear of the hamstrings of the right thigh and a tear of the sole of the right calf, Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué will be on the side for long weeks.
To overcome these prejudicial absences for the Blues as for PSG, Didier Deschamps and his staff decided to call for reinforcement in the perspective of the debates against Iceland, Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. By summoning a certain Kingsley Coman under the flags.
Summoned ten months later
“” Kingsley Coman is called by Didier Deschamps following the packages of Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué to whom we wish a good recovery », Can we read in a press release published this Saturday evening by the French team. The Blues' communication unit stating that the interested party is expected in Clairefontaine on Sunday.
At the top of his 58 selections for eight goals scored and four assists, Kingsley Coman had not been called by the national coach since last November, with a final cape endorsed against Israel in the League of Nations in a draw and virgin without relief. The 29-year-old winger joined the ranks of Al-Nassr, Saudi Arabia this summer.