Soccer. France-Ukraine: follow this friendly match live

The essential

• France challenges Ukraine tonight at the Stade de France.

  Kick-off 9:10 p.m.

• After this friendly match, it will be time for the Nations League with Portugal (Sunday) and Croatia (next Wednesday).

• Young Aouar and Camavinga will celebrate their first tenure while Olivier Giroud will wear the captain's armband for his 100th selection.

• As a reminder, this meeting was initially scheduled for last March, but had to be postponed due to Covid-19.

»Follow this evening minute by minute

8:25 p.m.

Ukraine lessened.

Faced with a massacre among its goalkeepers, the team coached by Andrei Shevchenko had to call on Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, a member of his technical staff, as a second goalkeeper.

Several regular holders in the field are also injured.

8:21 p.m.

It is undoubtedly an original composition.

Didier Deschamps had promised a large rotation among the 24 selected.

Mandanda - Digne, Lenglet, Upamecano, Pavard - Nzonzi, Tolisso, Camavinga - Aouar - Martial, Giroud (cap.).

8:15 p.m.

Giroud en Bleu, that's it!

Captain tonight, the third top scorer in the history of the Blues will enter the closed circle of centenarians.

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We have chosen in this article his five most memorable games.

The most capped internationals

1. Lilian Thuram: 142 caps.

2. Thierry Henry: 123.

3. Marcel Desailly and Hugo Lloris: 116.

5. Zinedine Zidane: 108.

6. Patrick Vieira: 107.

7. Didier Deschamps: 103.

8. Olivier Giroud: 99.

8:15 p.m.

A thousand people in the stands.

The capacity of the stadium has been limited to a thousand spectators in these times of pandemic.

The rare sesames were distributed to partners of the French Federation and to football “families”, including the supporters' club.

REUTERS / Benoit Tessier  

8:10 pm… But also France

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The pandemic also affects Deschamps, private for this meeting of Adrien Rabiot, "contact case" at Juventus Turin, and Léo Dubois, tested positive Tuesday evening and digitally replaced by Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) for the rest of the internship.

8:05 p.m.

Covid-19 weakens Ukraine.

Coach Andreï Shevchenko (Ballon d'Or 2004) is deprived of six Shakhtar Donetsk players after an outbreak of contamination within the club.

Goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov and midfielder Taras Stepanenko have tested positive, and four other partners are being forced into solitary confinement.

Incredible but true, it is therefore the goalkeeper coach who will act as an understudy tonight.

Our details HERE.

8:00 p.m.

Good evening everyone !

We will comment tonight on the France-Ukraine friendly match, the first of the three matches that await the Blues this week.

The Blues have just arrived at the Stade de France!

👊 #FRAUKR pic.twitter.com/Za85DQjFvV

- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 7, 2020