The Tuesday Champions League evening undoubtedly gave a few cold sweats to Didier Deschamps and his staff two days before the announcement of the Blues list for the two qualification matches for the World Cup against Iceland and Azerbaijan.
Busy to celebrate the marriage of his only son on the shores of Lake Como, Didier Deschamps had not been able to follow the weekend matches, Saturday and Sunday. It was undoubtedly otherwise this Tuesday for the second day of the Champions League League phase.
The former Marseillais could notably see the OM inflict a correction on Ajax Amsterdam on his lawn of the Vélodrome with a Benjamin Pavard sure of his Defense. But if a little earlier, Kylian Mbappé had confirmed his great shape by scoring a hat -trick during the trip from Real Madrid to Almaty, the rest of the evening was more worrying for the tricolor coach.
Already deprived of Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Doué, on the side since their injury against Ukraine, and undoubtedly Rayan Cherki, just returned from injury, Didier Deschamps has indeed seen two of his attackers leaving the lawn prematurely on Tuesday evening.
More fear than harm for Hugo Ekitike and Marcus Thuram?
In Istanbul, while Liverpool bit the dust against Galatasaray (1-0), Hugo Ekitike, visibly touched in the thigh, had to be replaced shortly after the hour of play by Alexis Mac Allister. And at the same time, Marcus Thuram also came out after having felt a thigh pain on the action of the third goal of the inteists against Slavia Prague.
The former midfielder could nevertheless be quickly reassured. In both cases, it would only be cramps and the two players should be able to appear in the list that Didier Deschamps will announce this Thursday at the beginning of the afternoon for the two qualification matches for the World Cup against Iceland and Azerbaijan.
