The captain of the Bleues Amandine Henry does not appear in the group for the matches against North Macedonia and Austria unveiled Thursday by the coach Corinne Deacon where the other surprise is the first call-up of the young midfielder Oriane Jean-François .
Corinne Deacon invoked "a sporting reason" to explain the absence of Amandine Henry.
"I called her to tell her that I was not taking her to this internship to give her time to return to her best level" she explained.
The Lyonnaise, injured at the end of August, had already missed the previous gathering of the Blue.
The other executives Wendie Renard and Grace Geyoro, also absent in September, made their return.
The presence of young Paris FC midfielder Oriane Jean-François, 19, is the other surprise on this list.
"She is a very promising player," said the coach.
Corinne Deacon, on the other hand, had to dismiss the Bordelaise Eve Périsset, "tested positive for Covid-19".
Currently second in their qualifying group for Euro 2022 three points behind the Austrians but with one game less, the French are due to face North Macedonia in Orleans on October 23 before traveling to Austria on the 27th.
The list of players called up for the October matches:
Goalkeepers: Solène Durand (Guigamp), Romane Munich (Soyaux), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Atletico Madrid)
Defenders: Estelle Cascarino (Bordeaux), Elisa de Almeida (Montpellier), Sakina Karchaoui (Lyon), Perle Morroni (Paris SG) Wendie Renard (Lyon), Marion Torrent (Montpellier), Aissatou Tounkara (Atletico Madrid), Julie Thibaud (Bordeaux ).
Midfielders: Charlotte Bilbault (Bordeaux), Maéva Clemaron (Everton / ENG), Kenza Dali (West Ham / ENG), Amel Majri (Lyon), Grace Geyoro (Paris SG), Oriane Jean-François (Paris FC)
Forwards: Viviane Asseyi (Bayern Munich / GER), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon), Kadidiatou Diani (Paris SG), Valérie Gauvin (Everton / ENG), Le Sommer Eugénie (Lyon) Melvine Malard (Lyon), Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris SG)
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