World Cup 2018: Kylian Mbappe misses France training but Didier Deschamps insists there are no injury woes ahead of Belgium semi-final clash
Les Bleus boss insists teenage striker's omission was tactical and that he has entire squad fit for tomorrow
KYLIAN MBAPPE missed France training 24 hours before their World Cup semi-final showdown against Belgium.
The Paris Saint-Germain striker, 19, has scored three goals this tournament including a stunning double against Argentina in the last-16.
Samuel Umtiti, Benjamin Pavard and N'Golo Kante trained separately from the rest of the squad, jogging around the Krestovsky Stadium with a member of the coaching staff.
Boss Didier Deschamps insists their omission was tactical and that he has his entire squad fit for tomorrow night.
He said: "Nobody is out even though we rested four of our players today - that was a precautionary measure.
"Everyone should be operational for tomorrow."
France's squad travelled from Nizhny Novgorod to St Petersburg today and trained after touching down.
Mbappe was mocked by team-mates Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba and Ben Mendy for falling asleep on the flight.
France, who were beaten in the Euro 2016 final by Portugal, are favourites to win the tournament.
But skipper Hugo Lloris insists Belgium are the ones to watch after beating Brazil.
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He said: "I don’t think so. A nation like Brazil with all its talent and history has to be the favourites and if Belgium beat them then that fact will make them favourites."
Roberto Martinez urged his Belgium stars to play without fear.
He told ESPN: "This group has to play with no fear at all.
"If we approach this match with fear within us, we will bring ourselves down and we'd be able to do so much less than what we can actually do.
"To play without fear would probably be the one thing which would help us the most."