Mbappé absent, Dembélé to captain France in Belgium if he starts | OneFootball

Ousmane Dembélé will captain France from kick-off for the first time on Monday in Belgium, if Zinédine Zidane starts him again, with Kylian Mbappé sidelined by a tendinous lesion in his left knee.

According to L'Équipe, the Nations League match is in Brussels at 20:45, three days after a laboured 1-0 win in Türkiye. The PSG forward is second in the captaincy hierarchy with 68 caps.

When Mbappé went off on 59 minutes on Friday, Dembélé took the armband. It was the first time he had worn it for France.

He later passed it to Adrien Rabiot, who follows him among the most capped with 67, when Dembélé was replaced by Estéban Lepaul on 90 minutes.

The final vice-captain is Jules Koundé, on 57 caps.

Source: L'Équipe

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