France name squad for Brazil friendly
France coach Didier Deschamps on Friday named Benoit Costil in his 23-man squad for upcoming friendlies against Brazil and Denmark in place of injured Hugo Lloris who had to go off after sustaining a gash to his right leg following an early collision with team-mate Kyle Walker in Saturday's Premier League win.
France play Brazil on March 26 at the Stade de France in Paris and Denmark three days later.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Goalkeepers: Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Stéphane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne), Benoit Costil (Rennes)
Defenders: Patrice Evra (Juventus/ITA), Christophe Jallet (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City/ENG), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool/ENG), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid/ESP), Benoît Tremoulinas (Sevilla/ESP), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea/ENG)
Midfielders: Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco), Blaise Matuidi (Paris SG), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton), Dimitri Payet (Marseille)
Strikers: Mathieu Valbuena (Dynamo Moscow/RUS), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)
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