Asked, the management of the Blues mentioned a simple precautionary measure taken with the Real Madrid player, “spared” due to discomfort in one thigh. The French team begins the defense of its world title Tuesday once morest Australia, before facing Denmark on November 26 and Tunisia on November 30 in group D. The training led by Didier Deschamps was hit by a flood of uninterrupted injuries: before Karim Benzema’s package, recorded on Saturday, midfielders Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kanté, goalkeeper N.2 Mike Maignan, defender Presnel Kimpembe and striker Christopher Nkunku had to throw in the towel.