Fourteen years of Deschamps in the rearview mirror, and a blank page now in the hands of Zinedine Zidane. This Friday, the new coach of the Blues revealed his very first list for the four Nations League matches which await the France team. The French will travel successively to Turkey then to Belgium, on September 25 and 28, before receiving Italy at the Stade de France for Zidane’s first at home (October 2), and the Belgians three days later as part of the Nations League.
If the project is new, the foundations are already there: the coach of the Blues will be able to build on a solid foundation and count on certainties already well established in his team. William Saliba, injured, is not there, but Dayot Upamecano, Kylian Mbappé, Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembélé are all present. This will also be the case for Adrien Rabiot, Désiré Doué, or even Bradley Barcola. Too right, Tchouameni is absent.
Premiere for Jacquet, Da Cunha, Diouf, Lepaul and Restes
Among the other globalists, Warren Zaire-Emery, Rayan Cherki, Ibrahima Konaté, and even Manu Koné, also respond to the call. The new addition to this list is Jérémy Jacquet, author of a stunning start to the season with Liverpool. This is also the case for Toulouse goalkeeper Guillaume Restes, who takes the place of Brice Samba. Adrien Truffert makes his return after five years of absence. Lucas Digne and the Hernandez brothers are not called.
Amazing with Como, Lucas Da Cunha, trained in Rennes, is also enjoying his first call-up to the French team, just like last season’s L1 top scorer, Estéban Lepaul, who is off to a great start at the start of the season with Rennes. Andy Diouf is called up to the defenders after his very good start to the season as a piston at Inter Milan (Malo Gusto is absent), while Eduardo Camavinga makes his return to the Blues. A first list dedicated to surprises.
The full list:
Guardians : Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Robin Risser (Lens), Guillaume Restes (Toulouse)
Defenders : Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona), Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid), Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool), Andy Diouf (Inter Milan), Pierre Kalulu (Juventus Turin), Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea), Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth)
Midfielders: Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan), Manu Koné (AS Roma), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Lucas Da Cunha (Como)
Attackers: Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid), Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), Bradley Barcola (Liverpool), Estéban Lepaul (Rennes)
