There should be no big surprises in Didier Deschamps’ team composition this Saturday in a friendly match against Germany (9 p.m., TF1). For the last training session at Groupama Stadium, this Friday at the end of the day, Marcus Thuram was lined up at number 9 of the probable starting team, alongside Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé who played on the left and right wing. The Inter Milan striker should therefore start at the expense of Olivier Giroud.
The probable composition
Samba – Koundé, Pavard, Upamecano, L. Hernandez – Zaire-Emery, Tchouameni, Rabiot – Dembele, Thuram, Mbappe (cap.)
The rotation should, on the other hand, take place in the tricolor cage. Victim of a muscular problem which caused him to miss the first training sessions of the week, Mike Maignan will not start. Present at training, the Milan goalkeeper pushed the stretches at the start of the session, chatting with goalkeeper coach Franck Raviot. He will give up his place to Brice Samba who made the introduction in the expected team at kick-off. Lensois is therefore still number 2 in the minds of the staff.
Back in midfield, Aurélien Tchouaméni will play sentry, accompanied by Adrien Rabiot as left relay. In the absence of Antoine Griezmann, Parisian Warren Zaire-Emery, 18, will complete the trio. This will be the 2nd selection of the native of Montreuil (Seine-Saint-Denis) after that against Gibraltar (14-0), which saw him score his first goal in blue before leaving prematurely due to injury, on November 18 in Nice. “I’m not going to have an Antoine encore,” warned DD. It’s been a long time since we played without him, it’s true, but tomorrow and Tuesday, he won’t be there. I will not ask his replacement to do Antoine. »
Jules Koundé and Lucas Hernandez occupied the defensive lanes. Finally, in the central hinge, it was Benjamin Pavard who was associated with Dayot Upamecano. As during midweek training, open to the press, the Inter player is preferred to Ibrahima Konaté who is just recovering from an injury.
