Didier Deschamps, the head coach of France, claims that despite a sickness outbreak prior to Sunday's World Cup final, his team is "remaining calm and focused."

Due to an illness epidemic among the team, Les Bleus were without Adrien Rabiot and Dayot Upamecano for Wednesday's 2-0 semi-final victory over Morocco.

After Deschamps indicated on Thursday that Kingsley Coman had felt under the weather, the French Football Federation announced on Friday that defense duo Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate had missed training due to illness.

At a press conference the day before the championship match versus Argentina, Deschamps was at ease and acknowledged that he was feeling good.

"I'm absolutely fine," he said. "As for the players, I left quite early this morning, they were all still asleep so I have no recent updates.

"We are trying to manage the situation as well as we can, remaining calm and focused. I'll get more information today and think about it today and maybe even tomorrow.

"I don't want to go into details. I know it's a subject that's of interest to you and I fully understand that but we are doing our best to take precautions and adapt as necessary.

"We are trying to live with it without going too far, getting too carried away, just doing what's necessary.

"We'd have preferred not to face this difficulty but we are facing it as best we can with our medical staff."

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France captain Hugo Lloris also seemed in fine shape when addressing the press, but also did not have any information on the condition of his team-mates.

"I have not got any more news since last night because everyone was still in their rooms when I got up, I haven't seen anyone," he said.

"I'm sure you'll get more info by the next training session.

"We never really prepared for this type of thing, but we will try to get ready for the match the best we can.

"These are things we weren't prepared for but we remain focused, and of course we are very excited about playing in a World Cup final."