Real Madrid mainstay a doubt for France’s UEFA Nations League semi-final vs Spain | OneFootball

Real Madrid’s French entourage has already linked up with Didier Deschamps’ squad in anticipation of the upcoming UEFA Nations League semifinal between France and Spain.

Kylian Mbappe and Aurelien Tchouameni are amongst the players called up and a part of the manager’s preferred lineup when fit. While the former is ready to start, however, the same cannot be said about the latter.

Tchouameni largely struggled with his fitness in the recent season and regularly found himself on the sidelines nursing from some serious setback. Now, he may well miss his national team’s game as relayed by MARCA.

Doubt against Spain

As reported by the Spanish outlet, it is very unlikely that Tchouameni faces Spain this weekend for he has not trained with the group from June 1st.

It was expected that he would return to group training this afternoon but the player appears to be running behind schedule on his recovery. Receiving the green light before the game, thus, is unlikely.

Tchouameni likely to miss France vs Spain. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images)

The situation for Didier Deschamps, thus, is an unpleasant one for he is without William Saliba, Jules Kounde, and Dayot Upamecano for the tournament, all three of whom are bonafide starting defenders.’

The midfielder’s blow comes as a massive one in the grand scheme of things for the manager has no like-for-like profile replacement.

Matteo Guendouzi and Warren Zaire-Emery come to mind but are not as defensively sound as Tchouameni is.

The semi-final will be held in a single leg on Thursday night in Stuttgart and Spain can be considered slight favorites given their relative lack of injuries. Needless to say, however, it is bound to be a fiercely fought battle.

From Real Madrid’s perspective, meanwhile, they will hope the player plays no part tomorrow night and is fit in time for the Club World Cup.