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Kylian Mbappé, Antoine Griezmann and more: France and a scary list

By Fredi Roman

Didier Deschamps presented the roster for the debut in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. 

Didier Deschamps presented the roster for the debut in the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. 

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Forward Kylian Mbappé, partner of Ángel Di María, Mauro Icardi and Leandro Paredes in PSG, leads the list of 26 players called up by France, current world champion, for the start of the European Qualifiers for Qatar 2022. On the roster it was released this Thursday for the coach of the French team, Didier Deschamps, there're also three teammates of Lionel Messi in Barcelona: defender Clement Lenglet and forwards Antoine Griezmann and Ousmane Dembelé.

France will debut on Wednesday the 24th as a local for Ukraine, while four days later they will visit Kazakhstan and on the last day of March they will travel to Sarajevo to play against Bosnia-Herzegovina. Likewise, the Bleus will face this year Euro 2020, postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, and the "Final Four" of the second edition of the "Nations League", in which they will face Belgium, while Italy will play Spain the another semifinal.

The list of summoned by Deschamps is the following:

Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (Fulham, England), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham, England), Mike Maignan (Lille) and Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).

Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton, England), Léo Dubois (Olympique Lyon), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich, Germany), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain), Clément Lenglet (Barcelona, Spain), Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid, Spain), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich, Germany), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid, Spain) and Kurt Zouma (Chelsea, England).

Midfielders: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea, England), Tanguy Ndombélé (Tottenham, England), Paul Pogba (Manchester United, England), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus, Italy) and Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham, England).

Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich, Germany), Ousmane Dembelé (Barcelona, Spain), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea, England), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona, Spain), Thomas Lemar (Atlético Madrid, Spain) , Anthony Martial (Manchester United, England) and Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain).

 


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