PARIS (Reuters) - France must cope without in-form Dimitri Payet at the World Cup after the forward was ruled out of due to injury on Thursday and Alexandre Lacazette was omitted from the squad. There is no such hope for Payet, however, as he sustained a muscle injury in Olympique de Marseille's 3-0 defeat by Atletico Madrid in the Europa League final on Wednesday. "And there is a risk of hurting yourself again with this kind of injury and I must give my final list to FIFA on June 4." Deschamps will rely on a strike force of Antoine Griezmann, who scored twice in the Europa League final, Chelsea's Olivier Giroud and Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe. The most important thing is the life of the group," Deschamps said.

Source: The Star May 17, 2018 20:18 UTC