Hit in the left knee during Saturday’s match between Atalanta Bergamo and Inter Milan (1-2), Benjamin Pavard knows a little more about his injury. He will have to forfeit the next Blues rally.
Traveling on the Atalanta pitch on Saturday, Inter Milan won over their opponent (1-2, 11th day of Serie A), but also lost very big since Benjamin Pavard had to leave his partners prematurely. Hit in the left knee, the French defender returned to the locker room in the thirty-third minute of the match, inevitably triggering great concern among his staff, but also among the French team. The verdict revealed by several media suggests a dislocation of the patella.
It is The Parisian which indicated the nature of Benjamin Pavard’s injury. Exited on a stretcher during the match, the player was nevertheless able to walk “normally” again on Saturday evening. His morale would also be good, according to RMC, but the facts are there and the absence of the 2018 world champion should last several weeks. However, caution remains in order and we will have to wait for the results of the exams that Benjamin Pavard will now take to know how long he will be absent.
Not before 2024
In the meantime, one thing already seems practically certain: the defender will not be recovered in time to participate in the final gathering of the France team scheduled for November, with two qualifying matches for Euro 2024, scheduled respectively for the 18th. November against Gibraltar and on the 21st against Greece. Double-scorer against Scotland during the Blues’ last outing, Benjamin Pavard was once again able to seize the chance offered to him by Didier Deschamps to show himself. He will now have to wait until 2024 to possibly return to the French selection.
