Soccer
The France national football team has announced their final 23-man squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup which included quite a few surprises. Players like Martial, Benzema, and Rabiot are not included in the list. No one can deny the fact that France has the most talented squad in the world Cup 2018.
It is the sixteenth time that French national football team to be performing in the FIFA World Cup and has lifted the World Cup trophy only once in 1998. France is one of the best-attacking sides to look at in the FIFA World Cup 2018, having young talented players like Pogba, Mbappe, and Griezmann in their team.
French national coach, Didier Deschamps is an attacking minded coach and the team is deadly on the counter attacks, they can make a lot out of it. Here is the provisional list of players to be included in France national team for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Goal Keepers
1 Hugo Lloris
2 Steve Mandanda
3 Alphonse Areola
Defenders
4 Layvin Kurzawa
5 Benjamin Mendy
6 Samuel Umtiti
7 Raphael Varane
8 Lucas Hernandez
9 Benjamin Pavard
10 Djibril Sidibé
11 Adil Rami
12 Christophe Jallet
Midfielders
13 Thomas Lemar
14 Blaise Matuidi
15 C. Tolisso
16 Paul Pogba
17 N’Golo Kanté
18 Ousmane Dembele
Forwards
20 Kylian Mbappe
21 Nabil Fekir
22 Olivier Giroud
23 Antoine Griezmann
Dimitri Payet was left out as he suffered an injury some weeks before. Anthony Martial was kept stand by as Deschamps preferred Barcelona forward Dembele over him. Lacazette was left out as he could not compete the likes of Mbappe, Giroud, and Griezmann.
Laurent Koscielny could not make into the team following the tendon injury. Real Madrid star Karim Benzema could have been a great match but he has been banished from the national team since October 2015 after being accused of involvement in a blackmail affair involving a sex tape.
