Goalkeeper Mike Maignan, usual understudy for captain Hugo Lloris, was chosen to start the Nations League match on Monday (8:45 p.m.) against Croatia in Saint-Denis, coach Didier Deschamps announced on Sunday.
"
Yes, I had planned like that at the start of the course, to rotate between Hugo and Mike
" from one match to another, said the boss of the Blues at a press conference.
“
I stay on it.
It will be Mike tomorrow (Monday)
.”
Asked about the hierarchy of goalkeepers, Deschamps indicated that Lloris remained the No.1 without ambiguity: "
So much the better that we have two very good goalkeepers, you never know what can happen
", but Lloris is not absolutely not threatened "
as long as Hugo maintains his level of performance as he did this year at Tottenham
".
Maignan, 26, has already played the match in Split last Monday against the Croatian vice-world champions (1-1).
Author of several decisive stops, the doorman of AC Milan had only lost on a penalty on the evening of his third selection.
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In the absence of Lloris on Monday, the captain's armband will go to Presnel Kimpembe, the defender of Paris SG who had already assumed this status in Croatia.
Deschamps introduced a wide rotation during this dense June gathering, with four matches in eleven days.
The Blues lost against Denmark (2-1) at the start of the camp, before coming up against Croatia and Austria (1-1).
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