{"id":1103405,"date":"2019-08-27T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1103405"},"modified":"2019-08-27T10:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T09:28:52","slug":"chelsea-lampard-kante-france-squad","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-lampard-kante-france-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea boss Lampard calls for injury-troubled Kante to be left out of France squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has called for Didier Deschamps to leave N&#8217;Golo Kante out of his next France squad to give the midfielder an extended period of rest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kante started the new campaign on the bench against Manchester United due to a knee injury carried over from last season, but has made three appearances for Lampard so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What&#8217;s wrong with Kante? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Kante missed Chelsea&#8217;s 3-2 win over Norwich City.<\/li>\n<li>The Frenchman finally succumbed to an ankle injury picked up against Manchester United.<\/li>\n<li>Kante has also only recently returned from a knee injury which saw him miss most of Chelsea&#8217;s pre-season.<\/li>\n<li>Lampard has called on Deschamps to leave Kante out of his next France squad.<\/li>\n<li>Les Bleus face Andorra and Albania in Euro 2020 qualifiers next month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7349082-liverpool-s-new-signing-the-unsung-norwich-city-heroes-propping-up-the-pukki-party<\/p>\n<p>However, the Frenchman missed Chelsea&#8217;s 3-2 win over Norwich City on Saturday due to a sprained ankle he picked up in a cameo at Old Trafford three games ago.<\/p>\n<p>And Lampard has called on Les Bleus manager Deschamps, another former Chelsea midfielder, to allow Kante to stay with the Blues in a bid to return to full fitness when he names his next France squad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a difficult one. He has had four years of constantly playing,&#8221; Lampard <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2019\/08\/26\/frank-lampard-calls-france-leave-ngolo-kante-chelsea-midfielders-injury-woes-10631262\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[The] injury from the Europa League final has affected his pre-season. Then he hurt himself against Man United.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Chelsea Have Lined Up Under Lampard! Squawka Tactics w\/Statman Dave\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VnAUZ52mU-o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are trying to get him through it. Today [vs Norwich] was too painful. The international break will be great for him to get the injury right. It would be great for everybody [if Kante stays] because he\u2019s been playing game after game after game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>France face Albania and Andorra in Euro 2020 qualifiers next month as the reigning world champions look to keep their space at the top of Group H.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Kante&#8217;s role under Lampard<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest talking points surrounding Chelsea last season was Maurizio Sarri&#8217;s use of Kante in a more advanced position.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1103338\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-young-guns-chemistry-pulisic-mount-abraham\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1103338\" class=\"wp-image-1103338 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-66x37.jpg 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-620x350.jpg 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured-940x530.jpg 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/08\/26141637\/chelsea-pulisic-mount-abraham-featured.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1103338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/chelsea-young-guns-chemistry-pulisic-mount-abraham\">The chemistry between Pulisic, Mount &amp; Abraham explained<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Under Lampard, Kante has somewhat reverted to a more defensive role when on the pitch, starting as part of a two-man base in a 4-2-3-1, but the Frenchman&#8217;s style of play is very much the same as with Sarri.<\/p>\n<p>In his few appearances so far, Kante has already shown his abilities up and down the pitch, putting in a man-of-the-match performance against Liverpool in the Uefa Super Cup despite playing 120 minutes with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has called for Didier Deschamps to leave N&#8217;Golo Kante out of his next France squad to give the midfielder an extended period of rest. Kante started the new campaign on the bench against Manchester United due to a knee injury carried over from last season, but has made three appearances for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":1087554,"parent":0,"menu_order":5453,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Chelsea news: Lampard calls for Kante to skip international duty","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is keen for Didier Deschamps to leave N'Golo Kante out of his France squad for the international break.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1103405","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chelsea news: Lampard calls for 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