There is no end to the problems of the French national team. The convincing victory against Australia in the first round of the World Cup group stage was overshadowed by the news that arrived after the game: Lucas Hernandez suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and the tournament is over for him!OFFICIAL: Lucas #Hernández has torn his ACL and will leave the French camp immediately. Confirmed by French National team. pic.twitter.com/f9IBrxmaqO— FC Bayern English & Germany National team (@FCBayernGER) November 23, 2022 It lasted only nine minutes… The Bayern defender collapsed after Matthew Leckie’s dribble at Australia’s leading goal and immediately after the medical team helped him, he left the game, giving way to his younger brother Theo. Even after leaving, you could see on his face that the situation was not promising, shortly after the match, the French media came out with the information that the injury was of a more serious nature, and after detailed examinations, they confirmed the same from the Tricolor camp.”Like the whole team, I am extremely sorry for Lucas. We are losing an important part of the team. Lucas is a warrior and I have no doubt that he will do everything to come back,” said coach of the current world champion Didier Deschamps.Giroud equalizes Henry’s record as France defeat Australia in QatarThe experienced strategist will now be in a big problem, because apart from his team being reduced to 24 players, he has only one option in the position of left back – Theo Hernandez. True, quality, but in the case of a new injury… And now Deschamps’ decision when making a 26 man list comes to light. The French coach chose not to call Ferland Mendy or, on the opposite side, Jonathan Klaus, but rather to start the defense of the world throne with only one natural full-back on the right, and two on the left side. And he also didn’t call anybody when Karim Benzema got injured, and how he is left with only one left back in the team.Deschamps believes in his biggest remaining starHis colleague Aliou Cisse used his right to change a player when Sadio Mane got injured and called Anderlecht defender Moussa Ndiaye instead. Deschamps never thought about replacing Benzema with a player from another position, and if he did, it would be a lot easier for him now. Instead, he said that he already has seven strikers in the team and doesn’t need another one. Hernandez joins the long list of injured players (before or during the World Cup) which consists of: N’Golo Kante, Paul Pogba, Presnel Kimpembe, Karim Benzema and Christopher Nkunku.QATAR 2022 WORLD CUPWednesday, Nov 23rd13:00: (4.20) Morocco (3.40) Croatia (1.92) F16:00: (1.50) Germany (4.30) Japan (6.50) E19:00: (1.15) Spain (7.50) Costa Rica (20.0) E22:00: (1.42) Belgium (4.50) Canada (8.00) F
