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Rich Jones

France 'blame England' for duo missing World Cup semi-final with theory they can't prove

France faced their World Cup semi-final against Morocco without two key players - and reports suggest they believe England are to blame.

Adrien Rabiot and Dayot Upamecano were both ruled out of the semi-final in two enforced changes from the side that ended England's World Cup dream on Saturday. Youssouf Fofana and Liverpool's Ibrahima Konate were introduced as replacements to take on Morocco.

Rabiot and Upamecano both missed the game through illness having come down with flu in the days which followed the England win. Rabiot did not even travel to the Al Bayt Stadium for the game, instead being left at France's base camp whilst Upamecano was well enough to be on the bench.

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