US EditionFlorian Thauvin Replaces Injured Randal Kolo Muani in France’s Squad for World Cup Qualifiers
Florian Thauvin joins France squad after Randal Kolo Muani's jaw injury; Kolo Muani scored nine goals in 31 games for France, Thauvin has two goals in 12 matches.
- On Sunday, Florian Thauvin replaced injured Randal Kolo Muani in the France national football team for upcoming World Cup qualifiers, the French Football Federation said.
- Kolo Muani's injury forced a halftime substitution after he hurt his lower jaw playing for Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester United on Saturday, with Tottenham manager Thomas Frank calling it 'nothing big'.
- By contrast, Thauvin, 32, has two goals in 12 matches, returned in October after six years, and scored his second international goal in the 3-0 Azerbaijan match.
- With qualification on the line for Les Bleus, a win on November 13 at the Parc des Princes against Ukraine secures World Cup entry, but failure means facing Azerbaijan in Baku on November 16, with Kolo Muani missing two qualifiers this month.
- Coach Didier Deschamps consulted national team doctor Franck Le Gall before altering the squad, with France further limited by injuries to Paris Saint-Germain's Ousmane Dembele and Desire Doue and Marcus Thuram's recent thigh issue.
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Randal Kolo Muani was wounded during the match between his club in Tottenham and Manchester United on Saturday, November 8. Touched at the lower jaw, the attacker was replaced by Florian Thauvin in the team of France. - Eliminatories at the World 2026: wounded, Randal Kolo Muani replaced by Florian Thauvin in the team of France (Sports).
The Lens attacker takes advantage of the numerous absences on the front of the tricolor attack, while the Blues will face Ukraine on Thursday, and Azerbaijan on Sunday, on the occasion of the qualifications for the World 2026.
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Florian Thauvin replaces injured Randal Kolo Muani in France's squad for World Cup qualifiers
Winger Florian Thauvin has replaced injured forward Randal Kolo Muani in the France squad for upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
The reminder of Florian Thauvin in the French team aroused mixed reactions within the RC Lens. While the player had not convinced Auxerre before the international truce of October, Didier Deschamps called him to replace Bradley Barcola, thus returning to the national selection after several years of absence. At the time of his entry against Azerbaijan, Thauvin quickly found the way to the net. On the other hand, his match in Iceland, where he wa…
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Sports.frOnce again performing in Italy on the side of Udine after a Mexican parenthesis for the least mixed, Florian Thauvin returned happily to the Ligue 1 this season in the ranks of RC Lens. Determining in the remarkable performances of the Sang et Or until then, he even took advantage of it to find the Bleus. Convened by Didier Deschamps – and scorer – after six years of absence at the rally in October, Florian Thauvin was recalled to the French tea…
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