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N’Golo Kante and Lucas Hernandez have dropped out of the France squad ahead of Monday’s Nations League showdown with Croatia.
France head into next week’s match sitting bottom of Group A1 after following up a shock 2-1 home loss against Denmark with draws away to Croatia and Austria.
The reigning Nations League champions are four points behind leaders Denmark and two adrift of Austria and Croatia with three games remaining and only one team advancing.
Les Blues will be without central midfielder Kante and versatile defender Hernandez for the visit of Croatia at the Stade de France.
Kante misses out due to a knee injury, while Hernandez has been given permission to join his partner, who is due to give birth.
Neither player played any part in Friday’s 1-1 draw against Austria, with Kylian Mbappe cancelling out Andreas Weimann’s first-half opener in Vienna to salvage a late point.
