At 6 p.m., Zinédine Zidane will reveal the list of players selected to play the last two Nations League matches against Italy (November 12) and Turkey (November 15). A list in which several injured players will not appear, such as Ousmane Dembélé, Jules Koundé, Estéban Lepaul, William Saliba or even Maxence Lacroix. On the other hand, several returns are expected, starting with that of the captain, Kylian Mbappé. Called up in September, the Real Madrid striker left his partners just after the first match in Türkiye due to a knee injury. Since then, the “Kyks” are thriving again (8 goals in 7 matches) and will be very present.
Ditto for his partners at Casa Blanca, Ibrahima Konaté and Aurélien Tchouameni, as well as for the Parisian Warren Zaire-Emery, also deprived of the first gathering due to an injury. Titi could even become a solution at right-back again, even if Zidane had declared that he had summoned him to play in the middle. All this would therefore be at the expense of Malo Gusto lacking playing time at Chelsea. With the packages of Koundé, Lacroix and Saliba, the defensive sector will therefore inevitably open the door to a few new players.
Thuram does not convince, Akliouche in the lead?
Called up for the first time by Zidane in September, Jérémy Jacquet and Leny Yoro, as well as Pierre Kalulu and Adrien Truffert (already summoned by Deschamps), will still be there, but The Team announces that Lucas Hernandez and Castello Lukeba could have a card to play in the axis. Yesterday, we also revealed to you that Sunderland left-back, Dayann Méthalie, received a pre-call-up. Ditto for Al-Ahli midfielder Valentin Atangana. For the goalkeeper position, Mike Maignan, Guillaume Restes and Jean Butez should be reappointed. Robin Risser remains an option, but The Team assures that Fabien Barthez really appreciated the last gathering of his doormen.
Finally, in terms of attack, Zinédine Zidane faces a headache. With the absence of Lepaul, the natural solution Marcus Thuram exists, but the Interist is far from unanimous internally, with some expressing doubts about his ability to integrate into the new ZZ project. The Tottenham player Mathys Tel has supporters within the French staff, but the novelty could be the choice to develop the versatile Maghnes Akliouche in the axis, alongside Mbappé. The former Monegasque is one of the players most used by Luis Enrique at PSG and he is seriously starting to put together a series of convincing performances. Eli Junior Kroupi remains an option, but the Bournemouth striker is only just returning from injury.
