Les Bleus with Lassana Diarra and Alphonse Areola – The Équipe.fr

The coach of the France team, Didier Deschamps, has communicated its list on Thursday for friendlies against Armenia (October 8) and Denmark (11 October). Among the invited include in particular Lassana Diarra, who then is back in the France team after more than five years of absence. Also impressive club, the Frenchman Hatem Ben Arfa, the last selection dates back to 2012, was not retained him.

The PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, on loan this season at Villarreal, is also present for the first time at the expense of Stéphane Ruffier. “I had a long discussion with Stéphane Ruffier in March and I recently exchanged with him, we talked, e t after this exchange I decided not to call it, explained the press conference technician . Areola, it was the world champion U20 goalkeeper, he was then with the Espoirs . It is very efficient with Villarreal, which is top of the Liga and the One of the best defenses in the Spanish championship. “

Even without Payet and Lacazette

While Laurent Koscielny could be retained after being touched against Olympiakos, Mamadou Sakho, who won the game time with Liverpool, is back in the group. The same goes for Paul-Georges Ntep Rennais, unlike Dimitri Payet. Already missing at the previous conference, the West Ham midfielder is again not in the France group. “I do not make a special sanction for Dimitri Payet, I have choices to make” , was justified Didier Deschamps. Alexandre Lacazette, missing since September hit back, is also not in the list. Debuchy is also missing from the list. Author thunderous debut with Manchester United, however Anthony Martial has been convened for its part for the second time in a row.

The list for Armenia and Denmark

Guardian Areola, Lloris, Mandanda
Defenders: Evra, Jallet, Mangala, Sagna, Mr. Sakho, Trémoulinas, Varane, K. Zouma
Media Cabaye, L. Diarra, Matuidi, Pogba, Schneiderlin, Mou. Sissoko
Forwards: Benzema, Giroud, Griezmann, Martial, Ntep Valbuena

To see: Deschamps “Areola is very Villarreal performance with “

Deschamps’ Ntep is very comfortable”