Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca broke down in tears as another Key Chelsea player Who was the main man Against Crystal bagoes is injured during international break

The thigh damage Malo Gusto, a Chelsea star, sustained in the draw against Crystal Palace has caused him to pull from international duty with the France Under-21 team.

In the absence of Reece James, Gusto began at right-back in Chelsea’s first Premier League game of the season but was pulled out in the second half of Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge.

The Frenchman pulled up dragging his back of his leg and was substituted with fifteen minutes of the game left.

Joining the France under-21 team on Monday, Gusto has been named for European Championship qualifying against Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Along with Lens midfielder Andy Diouf and Burnley defender Maxime Estève, Gusto is one of three players who have since been ruled out of those matchups from the French camp.

Gusto has a thigh issue, verified by the French Football Federation.

Chelsea will be confident Gusto is healthy in time for the trip; she returns to action away to Bournemouth on September 14.

We are going to see what transpires. It seems to be a muscular issue, and we will see, Enzo Maresca stated following the Palace tie.

With James out, who has been serving a three-match ban carried over at the conclusion of last season, Gusto has been first choice at right back.

The Blues skipper has also been coping with a hamstring ailment that kept him absent from Europa Conference League playoff match against Servette.

Maresca expressed “hopeful” James will be ready once the international break ends in a news conference last week.

Helped off the field by the club’s medical team, Enzo Fernandez was another injury victim in Sunday’s stalemate.

After defeating on the opening day of the season before scoring the 6-2 thumping over Wolves, Chelsea has gathered four points from their first three games of the season.