XtraTime Web Desk: France football team’s young sensation Kylian Mbappe didn’t train with the team in their last practice session ahead of facing France in the big semifinal clash of the FIFA World Cup 2018 but their head coach is expecting he will get his full squad which will face Belgium.
Paris Saint-Germain teenager Mbappe has been one of the stars of the tournament in Russia, scoring three times, including a brace to crown a destructive showing against Argentina in the round of 16.
Head coach Didier Deschamps told a pre-match news conference before training that he expected to have a full squad available to face Roberto Martinez’s men and explained players had been rested from recent sessions as a precaution.
Also during the open part of activities at Krestovsky Stadium, Benjamin Pavard and N’Golo Kante worked away from the main group – jogging lightly around the pitch with a member of France’s coaching staff.
“Nobody is out, even though we rested some of our players as a precautionary measure,” Deschamps said. “Everybody should be fine for tomorrow.”