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Kazakhstan-France: an eleven very largely overhauled, without Mbappé, why all these changes?

2021-03-28T12:52:30.425Z


Didier Deschamps largely changed his team this Sunday (3 p.m.) against Kazakhstan. Only two of the eleven holders against Ukraine d


Hugo Lloris, Antoine Griezmann, and that's it.

They are only two, among the holders against Ukraine (1-1), to appear in the eleven which begins this Sunday (3 p.m.) in Kazakhstan, 122nd in the FIFA rankings.

In a logic of management of organizations, Didier Deschamps has greatly reshaped his team.

"I had already planned that there would be changes, of course, it's impossible to put the same eleven three times," he said on Saturday knowing that the Blues will have a third match in eight days, Wednesday in Sarajevo, against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Mbappé on the bench, the surprise Lemar.

The Parisian striker will sit on the bench.

Disappointing four days earlier against the Ukrainians, “Kiki” will wait to redeem himself.

Blunted by the sequence of matches and trips, he was not in the best conditions to follow in the eyes of the coach who will need Mbappé in his best form against Bosnia on Wednesday.

His absence at the kickoff will allow Anthony Martial and Ousmane Dembélé to show off.

The chef's surprise comes from the tenure of Thomas Lemar.

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A system maintained at four behind.

There was talk of a return to three central defenders.

But in the end, Deschamps and his staff decided to stay four behind.

A possible indicator on the progress of the coach's reflection on the pattern in which the Blues will play the Euro (June 11-July 11).

Léo Dubois and Lucas Digne take advantage of the turnover and will animate the corridors.

Clément Lenglet and Kurt Zouma in the center.

Note also the presence of Tanguy Ndombele in the middle, associated with Paul Pogba.

The Tottenham player has not played in the selection since the match in Andorra (0-4) in June 2019.

Need a breather for the most part.

This trip was not easy.

Almost 6.30 hours of flight, 4 hours of jet lag and a weather much less springtime than in France.

Didier Deschamps must blow his executives.

He must also deal with the package of N'Golo Kanté (injury to the ischios).

Full-backs Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez slide on the bench, like Raphaël Varane, Adrien Rabiot, Kingsley Coman, Kylian Mbappé and Olivier Giroud.

Presnel Kimpembe is in the gallery.

A wave of changes necessary to manage this journey of three games in eight days.

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The composition of the Blues:

Lloris (c) - Dubois, Zouma, Lenglet, Digne - Pogba, Ndombele - Lemar, Griezmann, Dembélé - Martial

Source: leparis

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