Didier Deschamps therefore decided to compose his list of 23 players summoned to play the matches against Kazakhstan on November 13 at the Parc des Princes and Finland on November 18 in Helsinki in order to definitively compile the ticket for the next World Cup in Qatar. end of 2022.
The coach has logically chosen to trust the majority of the group that won the League of Nations last month in Italy. The alterations are made at the margin depending on the unavailability of the moment. Injured this week against Atalanta Bergamo in the Champions League with Manchester United, Raphaël Varane is injured in the hamstrings and will be absent for at least three weeks. To replace him, Deschamps has therefore chosen to recall the former Stéphanois Kurt Zouma, quite good on the side of West Ham at the moment.
Another return, that of Alphonse Areola in lining of Hugo Lloris. The injury of the usual replacement, Mike Maignan, explains this return. Areola does not start with West Ham in the Premier League and his return reminds us, in the hollow, that the reservoir of good goalkeepers is not inexhaustible in France.
In attack, Kingsley Coman, absent from the last rally after a small cardiac intervention, logically returns. If there had been any doubts about his level, they were lifted in the Champions League on Tuesday where Coman was sparkling with Bayern Munich against Benfica (5-2).
The list : Lloris, Costil, Areola – Pavard, Dubois, Koundé, Kimpembe, Zouma, Upamecano, L. Hernandez, T. Hernandez, Digne – Guendouzi, Kanté, Pogba, Tchouaméni, Rabiot, – Ben Yedder, Griezmann, Mbappé, Benzema, Coman , Diaby
