Paris (AFP)

Midfielder Elise Bussaglia, now retired in the selection, was not retained Thursday by Corinne Deacon for the recovery of Bleues in a friendly match against Spain on August 31 in Clermont-Ferrand, as the young attacker Marie-Antoinette Katoto, already deprived of Mondial.

This is the first list unveiled by the coach since the elimination in the quarterfinals of its World Cup at home against the United States, future winners of the tricolor edition.

For the match against the Spanish, thirteenth in the Fifa ranking, Deacon has returned 19 of the 23 participants to the World Cup.

Among the blue frames, only Dijon Elise Bussaglia (33 years, 192 selections) is absent. Goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, defender Eve Périsset and midfielder Maéva Clemaron, substitutes during the tournament, are missing.

"The goal was to take back the 23 globalists, but I could not do it because Elise Bussaglia ends her international career" and because the other three "are wounded", justified herself Deacon in front of the press.

This new deal benefits former Parisienne and Lyonnaise Kenza Dali, now in West Ham, who returns to the selection for the first time since October 2018.

Three players are called for the first time: the messine keeper Justine Lerond, very prominent during the coronation of the team of France in July at Euro Under 19, defender Montpelliéraine Elisa De Almeida and the Parisian milieu Léa khelifi.

The line of attack selected for the World Cup is renewed in its entirety, which includes the presence of Eugenie Le Sommer, criticized by the coach after the competition.

Marie-Antoinette Katoto (20), top scorer of the last championship in France with PSG but not selected for the World Cup, will have to wait before donning the blue tunic again.

List of the Blues selected against Spain on August 31st:

Goalkeepers (3): Sarah Bouhaddi (Lyon), Solène Durand (Guingamp), Justine Lerond (Metz)

Defenders (8): Elisa De Almeida (Montpellier), Julie Debever (Inter Milan), Sakina Karchaoui (Montpellier), Amel Majri (Lyon), Griedge Mbock Bathy (Lyon), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Marion Torrent (Montpellier), Aïssatou Tounkara (Atlético Madrid)

Midfielders (6): Charlotte Bilbault (Bordeaux), Kenza Dali (West Ham), Grace Geyoro (Paris SG), Amandine Henry (Lyon), Léa Khelifi (Paris SG), Gaëtane Thiney (Paris FC)

Attackers (6): Viviane Asseyi (Bordeaux), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon), Kadidiatou Diani (Paris SG), Valerie Gauvin (Montpellier), Emelyne Laurent (Lyon), Eugenie Le Sommer (Lyon)

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