Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante endured a tough night while on international duty with France on Saturday.
While Les Blues took a step closer to qualification for the World Cup in Russia next summer with a 1-0 win in Bulgaria thanks to a third minute strike from Juventus midfielder Blaise Matuidi, Kante had some troubles of his own.
The former Leicester man, who was integral to Chelsea’s title win last season, was forced off after just over half an hour with a hamstring injury.
However, his night wasn't exactly perfect before the injury.
Lining up for the national anthems, Kante – who isn’t the tallest of players by anyone’s standards at 5’5” – was paired with an unfortunately tall mascot.
As the Sky Sports cameras panned down the line of French players as they were signing La Marseillaise they caught Kante who, while having the vast majority of his face obscured by the mascot, looked less than happy.
