France and Lyon without Wiltord
Monday, January 15, 2007
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Olympique Lyonnais forward Sylvain Wiltord will sit out France's 7 February friendly against Argentina but should still be fit for UEFA Champions League duty.
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Weekend blow
The 32-year-old sustained the injury, 3.5cm in length according to Lyon doctor Jean-Jacques Amprino, in the warm-up to Saturday's 2-0 defeat by Toulouse FC. Wiltord will be fit for the UEFA Champions League first knockout round tie against AS Roma next month but will not be able to add to his 92 caps when the South Americans arrive in the capital in just over three weeks' time.
Well placed
FIFA World Cup runners-up France are second in UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying Group B, level on points with the leaders Scotland before their next competitive fixture in Lithuania on 24 March.