This Saturday, October 15, the injury that will take the footballer away from the courts for at least two months was confirmed.
The closer the start of the 2022 Qatar World Cup approaches, the more names are ruling out their participation due to injuries, which at this point in the year will be lapidary unless a "miracle" happens. From England, they reported on the knee injury of winger Reece James, who will be off the pitch almost until the end of the year.
Chelsea, the club where the defender plays, stated that he regrets the physical problem with which he left the duel against Milan for the Champions League last Tuesday, October 11. At minute 62 of the game, James left the field with great signs of pain, leaving his place for Cesar Azpilicueta and unleashing the red alert on the English team.
The statements of Graham Potter, blues coach, were already discouraging minutes after the meeting at San Siro.
The days passed, and Reece only had to "cross his fingers," as he wrote on his Twitter account, hoping that the results would be positive, although, in the end, it was not.
The medical report states that "James will be out of the game for 'eight weeks due to a knee problem," so they immediately describe it as "unlikely" that he could be in the world championship.
Despite the diagnosis, the winger appeared on social networks to call for calm, trusting that he would be ready to receive the call from Gareth Southgate, coach of the Three Lions.
The problem now is for the English team, which sees how another discarded is added to its list after confirming the loss of midfielder Kalvin Philipps due to a shoulder problem that has practically ruled him out.
The extenuating circumstance in the case of James is that the other two possible alternatives, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Kyle Walker, also suffer physical problems within a month and seven days before the debut against Iran in group B.
This drop was confirmed 24 hours after another Chelsea player got off the plane to Qatar. L'Equipe, one of the most famous in Gallic territory, headlined that midfielder N'Golo Kanté "will not play the World Cup with the France team" due to his problems been carrying in his hamstrings.
"After having relapsed from his femoral biceps injury last week in training, and after a new recognition on Friday morning in London, the Chelsea midfielder will be forced to give up the World Cup," indicates the information already replicated by hundreds of portals all over the world.
This season, Kante has only played two games for Chelsea after the muscle injury that sidelined him from the pitch in August. Since then, the alarms in France have been on, and every statement from coach Potter made it more evident that his arrival in Qatar was difficult.
A few days ago, the London team stated the N'Golo. "Kante's return to fitness is being carefully managed after the hamstring problem he suffered in August," the medical department said, accompanied by Potter's words in which he insisted that the only solution was "expect."
But his relapse before this week's game against Milan made it very difficult for him to return to action this year. "Historically, things have happened that are worrying. It is a setback in the last stage of his rehabilitation that is worrying. We must try to get him back in shape and enjoy his football," added the Blues coach.
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