Dembele, 24, in action Dembele, 24, changed into hurt in the ultimate mins of the 1-1 draw in opposition to Hungary in Budapest on Saturd...
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Dembele, 24, changed into hurt in the ultimate mins of the 1-1 draw in opposition to Hungary in Budapest on Saturday after coming on alternatively. X-rays on Sunday night showed he might not be returned earlier than the cease of the Euros.
Budapest: France have lost Ousmane Dembele for the relaxation of Euro 2020 after X-rays showed the Barcelona winger's knee damage might no longer heal in time, the French soccer Federation stated on Monday.
Dembele, 24, was hurt in the last minutes of the 1-1 draw in opposition to Hungary in Budapest on Saturday after approaching as an alternative. X-rays on Sunday night showed he might not be lower back earlier than the give up of the Euros.
"The restoration time is incompatible with maintaining him within the squad," the FFF stated.
Dembele came off the bench in both France's fits in the Euros.
He changed Adrien Rabiot for the final seconds of the hole win over Germany and replaced Rabiot once more after fifty seven minutes in Budapest with France losing and hitting the submit with a shot before limping off inside the 87th minute.
Underneath UEFA policies which only permit for goalkeepers to be replaced in the course of the event. France can not name up a stand-in for Dembele, who has 27 caps.
France commenced with eight attackers in their 26-man squad which includes Kingsley Coman of Bayern, a similar type of player to Dembele who has but to play a minute within the Euros.
After moving from Borussia Dortmund for 135 million euros ($one hundred sixty million) in August 2017, the second one-highest price Barcelona have paid for a player, the "Mosquito" struggled with a series of hamstring injuries. This season, he best had one damage break and made 44 club appearances, scoring 11 goals.
Dembele, who became a part of France's global Cup-winning squad in Russia in 2018, had a great run up to Euro 2020, scoring in a global Cup qualifier towards Kazakhstan in March and against Wales in a friendly on the begin of June.
Teach Didier Deschamps has different issues ahead of France's very last organization game against holders Portugal in Budapest on Wednesday.
Defender Benjamin Pavard took a knock in opposition to Hungary and starting strikers Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann in addition to Coman and backup defender Lucas Hernandez are nursing injurie
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