PARIS: France midfielder Adrien Rabiot has a minor calf injury and is doubtful to face Croatia in the return leg of the Nations League quarterfinals on Sunday.
Rabiot came off midway through the second half on Thursday in Split, where Les Bleus lost 2-0.
“Rabiot has a calf problem and will not train this (Saturday) evening,” Deschamps said at a pre-match news conference. “It looks complicated for tomorrow.”
France won the Nations League in 2021 but lost to Croatia 1-0 at home the following year.
Before Sunday’s game, France will pay tribute to all-time leading scorer Olivier Giroud, who retired from the national team last year after scoring 57 goals in 137 matches.
Thierry Henry is second with 51 followed by Kylian Mbappé on 48. Mbappé missed chances to score in Split.
France midfielder Rabiot has a calf problem and could miss Croatia match
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France midfielder Rabiot has a calf problem and could miss Croatia match
- “Rabiot has a calf problem and will not train this (Saturday) evening,” Deschamps said
Leipzig dismantle Frankfurt 6-0 with Diomande hat-trick
- Diomande bagged his goals between the 47th and 65th minutes to take his season tally to six league goals
- Conrad Harder put the hosts in the driving seat after five minutes
LEIPZIG, Germany: RB Leipzig teenager Yan Diomande became the second youngest player in Bundesliga history to score a hat-trick when he netted three times in 18 minutes in their 6-0 demolition of visitors Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday as they tightened their hold on second spot in the Bundesliga.
The 19-year-old Ivory Coast international bagged his goals between the 47th and 65th minutes to take his season tally to six league goals. Only Frankfurt’s Walter Bechtold was younger when he scored his hat-trick in November 1965.
Conrad Harder put the hosts in the driving seat after five minutes, timing his run perfectly to head the ball over Eintracht keeper Michael Zetterer, who came charging out of his goal.
Frankfurt hit the crossbar with Mo Dahoud’s stunning shot from 20 meters out but Leipzig hit them on the rebound, immediately launching a quick break, with Harder cutting back for Christoph Baumgartner to tap in their second goal after half an hour.
Diomande then took over, scoring twice before David Raum made it 5-0 with a 62nd minute penalty. The teenager completed his maiden Bundesliga hat-trick with another superb finish three minutes later.
Leipzig are on 29 points in second place, eight behind leaders Bayern Munich, winners 5-0 at VfB Stuttgart. Third-placed Borussia Dortmund, on 25, are in action against Hoffenheim on Sunday.
