Quickly confirmed in his post after the failure of the French football team at the Euro, Didier Deschamps found himself facing choices that were inevitably very observed when listing the lucky ones, Thursday, August 26, from the headquarters of the Federation in Paris. The boss of the Blues chose to do without the services of Olivier Giroud for the resumption of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup in early September, the coach offering a first call to Aurélien Tchouaméni, Jordan Veretout, Moussa Diaby and Théo Hernandez, brother of Lucas, present to the last Euro.
“It’s just a sporting choice of the moment, compared to a list of 23 [joueurs] and competition “, justified the coach about Giroud, new center-forward of AC Milan (34) who is moving away from the France team fifteen months before the World Cup in Qatar.
With the package of Ousmane Dembélé, the absence of Marcus Thuram on injury, the physical problems in defense and in the middle, the two sectors are reinforced by the four newcomers.
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No big surprise
If there is “Always pages that turn” at every major competition, as he slipped in an interview given in June to The team, the Basque technician was not the author of thunderclaps at the end of the summer when this list was announced, which remains without great surprise for the qualifications for the World Cup in 2022.
The elimination of the Blues in the round of 16 of the Euro by Switzerland, at the end of June in Bucharest, is barely digested as the French world champions must switch to qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, against Bosnia 1er September in Strasbourg, Ukraine, on the 4th, and against Finland, three days later in Lyon.
The list of 23 players selected for the French team
Guardians: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham, England), Mike Maignan (AC Milan, Italy), Steve Mandanda (Marseille).
Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton, England), Léo Dubois (Lyon), Théo Hernandez (AC Milan, Italy), Presnel Kimpembe (PSG), Jules Koundé (Seville, Spain), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich, Germany), Raphaël Varane (Manchester United, England), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea, England).
Environments : N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea, England), Paul Pogba (Manchester United, England), Aurélien Tchouaméni (Monaco), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich, Germany), Jordan Veretout (AS Rome, Italy).
Attackers: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, Spain), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich, Germany), Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkussen, Germany), Antoine Griezmann (FC Barcelona, Spain), Thomas Lemar (Atlético Madrid, Spain), Anthony Martial (Manchester United , England), Kylian Mbappé (PSG).
