PARIS (AP) — French coach Didier Deschamps Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier was faithful ahead of next week’s friendly in the United States, despite not having played since the end of January.
Chevalier lost his starting spot to Matvei Safonov but was included in Deschamps’ 26-man squad on Thursday.
France will play Brazil in Foxborough on March 26th and Colombia in Landover on March 29th.
Coach Deschamps has added Randall Kolo Muani to his stockpile of attacking players up front. bradley barcolasprained his right ankle at PSG champions league. Kolo Muani is on a season-long loan deal with Tottenham and scored the opening goal in a 3-2 win against Atletico in midweek. Coach Deschamps selected nine forwards in the group.
The coach added that many of the players called up have a good chance of being included in the group that will compete in the World Cup in June in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
“Many of the people who are here today will always be there,” Deschamps said. “It’s still too early to draw any hasty conclusions, but we know from experience that a lot can happen over the next two months, so we will stick to this approach. We just hope that we don’t have a negative situation, especially when it comes to player injuries.”
France:
Goalkeeper: Lucas Chevalier (PSG), Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Brice Samba (Rennes)
Defenders: Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), Maro Gusto (Chelsea), Lucas Hernández (PSG), Theo Hernández (Al Hilal), Pierre Carles (Juventus), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern).
Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), N’Golo Kante (Fenerbahce), Manu Kone (Roma), Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan), Aurelien Choameni (Real Madrid), Warren Zaire Emery (PSG).
Forwards: Magnes Acryusz (Monaco), Ryan Cherki (Manchester City), Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Desiree Douye (PSG), Hugo Ekitike (Liverpool), Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham), Kylian Mbappe (PSG), Michael Oliseh (Bayern Munich), Markus Thuram (Inter Milan).
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