On Thursday, French national football team coach Didier Deschamps revealed a list of 25 players to compete in the 2024 European Nations Cup, which will start on June 14 in Germany, including Saudi Al-Ittihad midfielder N’Golo Kante. France will begin its campaign in the competition on June 17 against Austria before meeting the Netherlands four days later, concluding its group stage matches against Poland on the 25 of the same month.
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Al-Ittihad Saudi club midfielder N’Golo Kante returned in a big surprise to the France national football team announced by the coach. Didier Deschamps Thursday evening to compete in the European Football Cup, which will take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14.
Deschamps, who was a guest on the 8th edition of the TF1 channel, said: “(Kante) played a full season, even if not in one of the European championships, because he is in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” He continued: “He has returned to full fitness. Thanks to his experience, I am convinced that the French national team will be stronger with N’Golo Kante.”
Kante, the 2018 World Cup winner, left Chelsea last summer to join the Saudi Al-Ittihad club, and has not represented the “Roosters” since June 2022.
France will begin its campaign in the competition on June 17 against Austria, before meeting the Netherlands four days later, concluding its group stage matches against Poland on the 25 of the same month. Its reliance remains on veteran players such as Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud and Arsenal’s English defender William Saliba.
The French team will enter the continental championship as one of the most prominent candidates to win the title for the second time in its history after 1984.
Below is the lineup:
– Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (West Ham, England), Mike Maignan (AC Milan, Italy), Bryce Samba (Lens)
– For defense: Jonathan Klaus (Marseille), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool, England), William Saliba (Arsenal, England), Jules Kounde (Barcelona, Spain), Theo Hernandez (Milan), Ferlan Mendy (Real Madrid, Spain), Benjamin Pavard and Dayo Upamecano (Bayern). Munich, Germany).
– For midfielders: N’Golo Kante (Saudi Al-Ittihad), Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Chouamini (Real Madrid), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus, Italy), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid, Spain), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), and Youssef Fofana (Monaco).
For attack: Kylian Mbappé, Bradley Barkola, Ousmane Dembele, Randall Kolo Moani (Paris Saint-Germain), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan, Italy), and Olivier Giroud (Milan).
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