France faces injury blow as Bayern's Lucas Hernandez misses World Cup

Making 72 appearances for

across the past four seasons,

has also been capped 32 times for the France national team, winning the World Cup 2018 with his side.

However,

the centre-back will be “sidelined for several weeks” as well as missing the upcoming

after he suffered an injury during Bayern's Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League victory over

.

Hernandez will be the latest addition to Didier Deschamps' list of injured players ahead of the World Cup, with

and Karim Benzema also being sidelined due to injuries.

Lucas Hernandez

spent 12 years in

playing for the Spanish club

. Hence there were speculations that the footballer will play for Spain's national team on the international level. Three months before the start of the world cup in March 2018, Hernandez was called up by

national team’s coach for the first time.

On 6 March 2012, the French footballer earned his first cap for France. He played the whole 90 minutes for the under-16 team in a 1–1 friendly draw with

at Coverciano. Back in 2014, he was part of the under-18 and under-19 squads. The next year he was called up for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament for his performance. Hernandez contributed a lot and assisted the team to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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