Change of program for the France Espoirs team. After a qualifying match for the Euro in the category against the Faroe Islands on March 24, the Bleuets were to return to Ukraine 4 days later. But due to the war with Russia, this meeting was postponed. There will instead be a friendly match against Northern Ireland.
For these two meetings, Sylvain Ripoll called on 23 elements including Eduardo Camavinga, Maxence Caqueret, Amine Gouiri, Arnaud Kalimuendo, William Saliba and Castello Lukeba, already called up last October. Rayan Cherki is absent due to injury, while Mohamed Ali-Cho and Melvin Bard have not been selected.
The 23 selected:
Guardians: Bajic (Saint-Etienne), Dietsch (Seraing), Meslier (Leeds)
Defenders: B. Badiashile (Monaco), Gusto (OL), P. Kalulu (Milan), Saliba (OM), Truffert (Rennes), Lukeba (OL), Merlin (Nantes), Omari (Rennes)
Environments : Camavinga (Real Madrid), Caqueret (OL), Chotard (Montpellier), S. Diop (Monaco), Le Fée (Lorient), Olise (Crystal Palace), K. Thuram (Nice)
Forwards: A. Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), Gouiri (Nice), Kalimuendo (Lens), Ngoumou (Toulouse), Rutter (Hoffenhheim)
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