Zaire-Emery holder in the middle, Thuram rather than Giroud, Maignan absent: information from the Blues on D-3 of France-Germany

In Clairefontaine

The solution to Antoine Griezmann's package could be called Warren Zaire-Emery. His first start with the France team ended with a goal and a premature exit due to injury. It was last November, during a defeat against Gibraltar for the Euro qualifiers. At 18, the PSG midfielder could experience a second Saturday in a friendly against Germany (9:00 p.m.). Three days before the match, this was revealed by the distribution of the bibs during training this Wednesday at Clairefontaine.

In the orange team, that of the presumed holders, “WZE” was associated in a triangle with Aurélien Tchouaméni and Adrien Rabiot. The latter has recovered well from the dislocation of the toe suffered at the end of February with Juventus. “Remember to reverse the positions in the triangle! », hammered the coach from the edge of the field.

In defense, Dayot Upamecano and Benjamin Pavard made up the hinge. Didier Deschamps therefore chooses to place the second in the center, a position he occupies at Inter Milan. On the right, Jules Koundé was preferred to the right side of Olympique de Marseille, Jonathan Clauss. On the left, Lucas Hernandez seems to scoff at his brother, Théo. In front, the two Parisians Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembele occupied the wings, with Marcus Thuram at the forefront. The Inter scorer could start on Saturday in place of Olivier Giroud.

Note that halfway through training, Didier Deschamps made several substitutions position for position: Théo Hernandez, Ibrahima Konaté, Randal Kolo Muani, Eduardo Camavinga and Olivier Giroud swapped with Lucas Hernandez, Benjamin Pavard, Ousmane Dembélé, Adrien Rabiot and Marcus Thuram. On the goalkeeper side, Mike Maignan did not take part in this collective session. The AC Milan goalkeeper has not sufficiently recovered from the knee injury contracted in the Europa League on March 14 against Slavia Prague, in the round of 16 second leg. This will undoubtedly be an opportunity for Lensois Brice Samba to glean his third selection.

This third collective training session of the gathering, open to the public, started 30 minutes late. Time for the Blues to change terrain due to a widespread power outage in Clairefontaine. It ended with a session of strikes in front of goal, an exercise in which Kylian Mbappé showed himself to be particularly skillful.

Probable starting lineup of the Blues against Germany: Samba - Koundé, Pavard (or Konaté) Upamecano, L.Hernandez (or T.Hernandez) - Tchouaméni, Rabiot (or Camavinga), Zaire-Emery - Mbappé, Dembélé (or Kolo Muani), Thuram (or Giroud)