2,309 days after his last selection in the French team, against Andorra on June 11, 2019 (3-0 victory of the Blues), Florian Thauvin is back with the Blues. The 2018 world champion was recalled by Didier Deschamps on Monday evening, following the package of the Parisian winger Bradley Barcola.
With this comeback which he owes to his excellent performances since the start of the season on the side of Lens, Florian Thauvin already offers himself a record. Indeed, the former Marseillais had not been called in selection since 77 matches, the biggest gap between two summons for a player in the history of the French team, reports the Stats Foot account.
And if Thauvin came to play one of the matches on the Blues program during this reassure of October – Azerbaijan (October 10) and Iceland (October 13) as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers – he would drop a record held by Vikash Dhorasoo. The former Le Havre had to wait 73 matches between June 1999 and September 2004 to postpone the jersey hit in the rooster.
Thauvin: “It's not my first selection, but it's just like”
Arrived Monday evening in Clairefontaine, Florian Thauvin did not hide his happiness to regain his place in the group of Didier Deschamps. “” Frankly, if I had been told this morning when I raised that I will be there tonight (in Clairefontaine) … It's incredible. A little trouble achieving for the moment “, He said with stars in his eyes to the FFF media.
“The goal is to have fun, Added “Flotov”, which has 10 selections (1 goal). It is a real pride to be back in this French team. I think there is one thing that should never be forgotten when you come to the French team is that it remains a chance. It is a privilege. It is never normal to arrive in the France team. The path is very long before you get there. I come to store as much pleasure as possible. It is a great pride. And make my qualities speak too. Oddly, it's not my first selection, but it's just like, because I have gone through stages so difficult since that time that it's a bit like it was the first. »»
