FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – FIFA World Cup – France Training – Domaine de Montjoye, Clairefontaine, France – May 23, 2018 France’s Djibril Sidibe arrives REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
July 1, 2018
ISTRA, Russia (Reuters) – France full back Djibril Sidibe limped out of training on Sunday with a possible ankle injury in a setback to the side ahead of this week’s World Cup quarter-final against Uruguay.
France had already lost full back Benjamin Mendy for the round of 16 clash against Argentina due to a small muscle injury and also missed training.
If Sidibe is ruled out, coach Didier Deschamps will be left with only two options for the quarter-final clash, though defender Presnel Kimpembe can also play at full back.
Sidibe has just recovered from a knee injury which forced him to lose his place in the France starting line-up to Benjamin Pavard.
(Reporting by Julien Pretot; writing by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Christian Radnedge)