Defender and reigning world champion Lucas Hernandez, who injured his knee on Tuesday against Australia, is forced to forfeit for the rest of the World Cup, AFP learned from a source close to the France team.
Affected in the cruciate ligaments of the right knee, according to this source, the 26-year-old Bayern Munich player cannot be replaced in the group of Didier Deschamps, coach of the Blues who will have to play the rest of the World Cup with a group of twenty-four players.