Clearly, the back and forth no longer stops in the French team. Since the announcement of his list last Friday, Zinédine Zidane has had to face a cascade of packages. The new boss of the Blues has already had to do without the services of Pierre Kalulu, Marcus Thuram and Aurélien Tchouameni. And the massacre is not over, since Kylian Mbappé should not play tomorrow against Italy, but rather Sunday against Turkey.
To compensate for these physical problems, Zidane chose to call up two new players: Saël Kumbedi and Eli Junior Kroupi. On the other hand, the 1998 world champion preferred to let Tchouameni return to Madrid for treatment without replacing him. But the announcement of his captain’s hamstring problems this morning visibly pushed the national coach to take action.
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Another new one for the Blues
The FFF has just announced that Senny Mayulu (20 years old) will join the French group this afternoon. Once again, Zidane went to the Espoirs, since the versatile Paris Saint-Germain midfielder had initially been called up by Gérald Baticle for the two friendly matches against Italy and England. A great reward for the Parisian Titi, author of a very notable return to the forefront with PSG (3 goals, 2 assists in his last 4 matches).
Called up for the first time in the France A team, the international Espoirs (4 selections) has the advantage of having a versatile profile. His presence could thus be intended to strengthen the offensive sector to compensate for Mbappé’s physical problems, given that Zidane had chosen not to replace Tchouameni in the middle. Note also that Mayulu had been retained by the Bleuets as an attacker.
