Positive for Covid-19, Benjamin Pavard will not be able to play the friendly matches of the French team against Côte d’Ivoire and South Africa.
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A great first for William Saliba. The Marseille defender was called up to the France A team for the first time on Monday March 21 to replace Benjamin Pavard, positive for Covid-19 and forfeited. He could play his first minutes in blue at the Stade Vélodrome, where Didier Deschamps’ men will face Côte d’Ivoire in a friendly match on Friday, February 25. Saliba joins Christopher Nkunku and Jonathan Clauss among the new conscripts of this rally.
William Saliba (@OM_Official), is called for the 1st time at the Blues to replace Benjamin Pavard, package. #ProudToBeBlues pic.twitter.com/JnCIqmvdQa
— French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) March 21, 2022
Tested positive for Covid-19 in the middle of last week and in isolation, Benjamin Pavard will not be able to join the Blues in Clairefontaine “taking into account the protocol in force in Germany for the recovery of players who have contracted the coronavirus”, communicated the French Football Federation. William Saliba, who went through all the young categories of the France team, was to join the Espoirs at Clairefontaine, but will finally discover group A.