Sael Kumbedi gets the call! Wolfsburg starlet replaces injured Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu in France squad
Saël Kumbedi earns his first senior call-up after Pierre Kalulu withdrew with a hamstring injury, leaving France short in defense for the Nations League.
- France defender Pierre Kalulu will miss upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Italy and Turkey after sustaining a left hamstring tear, with the national team confirming Monday he will remain in Turin for treatment.
- During Sunday's Serie A match, Kalulu sustained the injury while playing right-back for Juventus against Fiorentina; medical scans later revealed a tear in his left hamstring despite him completing all 90 minutes.
- Uncapped right-back Saël Kumbedi of Wolfsburg joins the squad as Kalulu's replacement, marking his first national team call-up ahead of the international break.
- Coach Zinedine Zidane's squad currently leads its UEFA Nations League group with three wins in four matches and faces Italy in Milan on Thursday before hosting Turkey in Bordeaux on Sunday.
- France needs just one more victory against Italy or Turkey to secure a UEFA Nations League quarterfinal berth, though Kalulu will miss these matches and the chance to add to his international cap count.
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The bluesman said the truth when he said at the very beginning of his term, watching the matches of Ligue 1 and even those of the second division without forbidding himself to pick players to form the team of France. He had not specified that he was also watching the second German division, where Kumbedi, summoned to make up for the package of Pierre Kalulu, was playing with Wolfsburg. And as Pablo Pagis recognized him in the spans of the stadiu…
The national team coach has given his international call-up to 21-year-old Wolfsburg defender Sael Koubedi.
France coach Zinedine Zidane has called up Wolfsburg defender Sael Koumbedi for the final two group stage matches of the Nations League in November. The 21-year-old right-back will replace the injured Pierre Kalulu from Juventus. Kalulu suffered a hamstring injury in his club's match against Fiorentina. Although he finished the match, subsequent medical tests revealed a lesion. "Following the match and the tests carried out in close collaboratio…
Zinedine Zidane has been surprised by his latest change in France’s call for the second stopover. For the first time, the coach has called Saël Kumbedi, a 21-year-old right-hand wing member of the Wolfsburg team currently competing in the Second German Division. The young defender, who was initially quoted with the sub-21 team, will jump directly to the absolute combination to join the concentration of the bleus in the face of his next two leagu…
To replace Pierre Kalulu, Saël Kumbedi joined the French team in his next two matches in the League of Nations, against Italy and Turkey.
It is not yet caped, but it is already a first sensation signed by Zinedine Zidane, because he has just selected Saël Kumbedi to replace Pierre Kalulu, wounded. The right side of 21 years could thus participate in the meetings of the League of Nations against Italy, Thursday in Milan, then in Turkey, Sunday in Bordeaux. [...]
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