Special envoy to Lille
Second tenure to come for Olivier Giroud.
The second top scorer in the history of Les Bleus (47 goals against 51 for Thierry Henry), will be lined up this Tuesday evening (9:15 p.m., TF1) by Didier Deschamps alongside Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann against South Africa.
Already holder and scorer on Friday evening Côte d'Ivoire (2-1) in Marseille, the AC Milan striker is once again given confidence by his coach, who had called him up because of Karim's injury Benzema.
It will be the first match since the Euros with Giroud and Mbappé aligned from the start. Needless to say, all eyes, and in particular that of "DD" will be on the two men, concerning their understanding in the game. on the lawn of the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.
For the rest, the France team will be positioned in 3-4-3, with Mike Maignan in the goal instead of Hugo Lloris.
In defense, William Saliba should accompany Raphaël Varane and Presnel Kimpembe in the axis, Jonathan Clauss on the right and Lucas Digne on the left would take care of the sides.
In the midfield, return of N'Golo Kanté alongside Adrien Rabiot and ahead of the trio mentioned above.
The match kicks off at 9:15 p.m.