The Chelsea player and the Paris SG player should start Thursday evening against Israel during the 3rd day of the Nations League.
Special correspondent in Budapest
With four days between the two meetings against Israel on Thursday and Belgium on Monday in the League of Nations, Didier Deschamps should not rotate in the same proportions as in September. For the match in Budapest, the France team should be led by Christopher Nkunku and Randal Kolo Muani, expected on the attacking front. For the rest, there should not be many surprises in the eleven concocted by the coach.
The Chelsea player, who hopes to see the end of the road after two years of physical problems which deprived him of the 2022 World Cup and Euro 2024, is expected to bring creativity to a sector of play neglected by the international retirement of Antoine Griezmann. Up front, Randal Kolo Muani is more considered in the selection than in his club, where Luis Enrique only sees him as a replacement. With Deschamps, and in the absence of Mbappé and Thuram, probably spared on Thursday evening, Kolo Muani benefits from real confidence.
In the rest of the offensive animation, Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembélé should start, while the Madrid duo Camavinga-Tchouaméni will operate in the midfield. In defense, few surprises with Hernandez and Koundé in the corridors, Konaté-Saliba in the axis in front of Maignan.
The probable eleven of the Blues
Maignan – Kounde, Conate, Saliba, T. Hernandez – Tchouameni (cap), Camavinga – Dembélé, Olise, Nkunku – Kolo Muani
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