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Bayern Munich striker Kingsley Coman has left the training camp the blues temporarily abandoned in Germany, the French Football Federation confirmed RMC SportThe 28-year-old speed demon travels to Sweden, where his partner Sabrina is due to give birth to their second child together.
France qualified for the quarter-finals of EURO 2024 on Monday evening at the expense of Belgium (1-0 win). Coman remained on the bench for the entire match in the round of 16. Just before the end, an own goal by Jan Vertonghen decided the score in favor of the French.
Coman has since left Germany, it also reports The Team. The Frenchman is becoming a father for the fourth time. He had two children with his current partner Sabrina. After three girls, Coman will soon welcome a boy into his family.
It is not the first time that Coman has had to miss a final tournament due to the birth of his child. During EURO 2020, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus, Coman missed the second group match against Hungary (1-1). He then returned, but France was already eliminated in the round of 16 by Switzerland on penalties.
It is not yet certain whether Coman will be present at the quarter-final between France and Portugal on Friday evening. That match is scheduled for 21:00. Coman only came into action for fifteen minutes during this European Championship, during the 0-0 draw with the Netherlands.
Coman has played 57 international matches for France so far, with the right-footer scoring 8 goals and providing 5 assists. The Parisian cannot call himself a world champion, as he was not called up in 2018 when France won the World Cup in Russia.
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