Diomande down on his luck, Sporting centre-back gets bad news from home | OneFootball

Ousmane Diomande is out of Ivory Coast's call-up for the games against Burundi (September 5) and Gabon (September 9), two matches related to the qualification for the 2026 World Cup, as he continues to recover from injury.

The 'number 26' of Sporting was not part of the 23 athletes selected by Emerse Faé, since he is dealing with physical problems and his coach does not want to take risks. Thus, the 21-year-old center-back will continue at the Performance Unit of the Alcochete Academy.

Without Ousmane Diomande, the next international commitments of Ivory Coast will count with the presence of Yahia Fofana, Mohamed Kone, Alban Lafont, Emmanuel Agbadou, Clement Akpa, Ghislain Konan, Odilon Kossounou, Evan N’Dicka, Christopher Operi, Wilfried Singo, Luck Zogbe, Seko Fofana, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Parfait Guiagon, Frank Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare, Simon Adingra, Vakoun Bayo, Amad Diallo, Evann Guessand, Nicolas Pepe, Sebastien Haller and Bazoumana Toure.

It is worth remembering that the absence of the Ivorian center-back from Sporting has been noticed since he got injured in the match against Casa Pia. The defender is a strong presence in the aerial game, which ended up being one of the weakest sectors in the last game against Nacional. As such, the Club's medical department is racing against time to try to have the player fit to face Porto, on the next August 30.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Ousmane Diomande - valued at 45 million euros - participated in two matches. The international center-back for Ivory Coast was a starter in the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, playing 68 minutes against Benfica; and also against Casa Pia, being on the field for 58', before getting injured.

Ousmane Diomande trains intensively:

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.