Sébastien Desabre has removed all the gray areas that hovered over the absence of Silas Katompa. The new player of Red Star Belgrade was not selected by the French for these two matches of the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) Morocco 2025 against Guinea and Ethiopia. A second after that of June.

"The sporting choice of not selecting him. He was there for personal reasons, in June. Now, we have achieved the results. He is someone with a great state of mind who works. There is no problem with him. He has made it known that he will be available if there is an injury. It is first and foremost the DRC that counts in the heart," he reassured.

The non-selection of Katompa Desabre has raised a huge controversy in the public. It has caused a lot of talk: Between a suspended disciplinary suspension and a technical choice, the French technician, standing firm on his boots, did not want to talk much in his communication. On the attack line, he will still do without the speed and skill of Silas, author of the Penalty for the second goal of the Leopards in their victory (3-1) in February against the Syli National in the quarter-finals of the Ivorian CAN. A renewed hope for Charles Paquille who will have to pull his socks up, this Friday, September 6, 2024 at 5 p.m.