Ousmane Dembele was brought on as a second-half sub during France’s 1-1 draw with Hungary. However, Didier Deschamp took the Barcelona star off less than 30 minutes later, and it has now been revealed to be due to an injury.
Ousmane Dembele underwent scans last night in Budapest and that determined he had done his knee tendon. As a result, France have announced the Barcelona star is now out of the EURO 2020 after consultation with the Catalan club.
The official statement read:
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Didier Deschamp confirms injury to France star at EURO 2020
Didier Deschamps was asked why he took Ousmane Dembele off when they were chasing a win against Hungary in EURO 2020. The French manager revealed it was down to an injury to the Barcelona star.
He said:
France do not have much time to recover from the draw as they face Portugal in a must-win EURO 2020 game next. They are on top of the group right now, but Antoine Griezmann has acknowledged they cannot afford to relax one bit.
He said:
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