Ousman Dembele and Kingsley Coman are not in the starting lineup for the France in its Euro 2024 round of 16 clash against Belgium being played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Coman has not started a single match in the ongoing European Championship in Germany whereas this is the first time Dembele has been benched in this tournament.
Dembele has not scored or assisted so far and has only one attempt on target in Euro 2024. Dembele also has the 16th worst passing accuracy in the squad and has a crossing accuracy of just 30.3 per-cent.
Coman suffered a groin injury in Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga match against Cologne and even missed its UEFA Champions League knockout matches.
Although he was deemed fit for the Euros, he has not started for France this campaign but is on the bench and can come on as a substitute.
Coman began his career with US Sénart-Moissy in 2002, at the age of six. At eight, he was scouted by Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), with whom he joined the youth academy in 2004. After nine years in the club’s youth system, Coman made his professional debut for PSG on 17 February 2013 against Sochaux.
Despite not starting in any of the group stage matches, Coman has come on as substitute in France’s o-o draw against Netherlands in the second match.
Didier Deschamps has prefrerd other wingers like Ousmane Dembele and Bradley Barcola over Coman in the tournament so far.
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