Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines (France) (AFP)

The team of France renfile the blue of heating Tuesday (8:45 pm) against Andorra with "changes" expected in the casting of Didier Deschamps, anxious to "concern a maximum of players" and to keep the head of the group of qualification to the Euro-2020.

The breath of victory against Albania (4-1) on Saturday has barely fallen back as the Stade de France has already found its champions for a poster less enticing, certainly, but just as important as the previous one.

"The three points against Andorra, they have the same value as those against Albania," said Monday Deschamps, "always vigilant" against the risk of relaxation. "There is confidence, relaxation, but that does not prevent concentration and determination," Tuesday will be "to be able to set foot on the accelerator to impose what we want to do.

The world champions can not afford to drop points against the 136th nation in the FIFA rankings, while they currently share the head of Group H with Iceland and Turkey, their future opponents of the month of 'October.

- "Positive waves" in Saint-Denis -

The "motivation" will certainly be there, according to Hugo Lloris, while the French team will perform in Saint-Denis for the 100th time since the inauguration of the Stade de France in 1998.

"It's a stadium with positive waves for French players," said the captain to 113 selections. "There will be 55,000 spectators, we really want to share emotions and give pleasure to our fans."

Will the Blues replay the quiet ride of the first leg last June in the Pyrenees (4-0), a night when Wissam Ben Yedder, Florian Thauvin and Kurt Zouma had scored their first goal in the selection against a team Andorra outdated? Or will they rather meet a reinforced opposition, like that proposed by the men of Koldo Alvarez Saturday in Istanbul, where they bowed only on a goal scored at the end of the match?

Anyway, Deschamps has already warned that it would propose an eleven of holders different from that of Saturday.

"There will be some changes that makes sense to me, even if the eleven who started Saturday will want to play again," said Monday the coach, anxious as usual to "involve a maximum of players in the group".

At the rank of rotations possible, the one concerning the lateral ones can be considered. The entrants would then be Leo Dubois on the right and Lucas Digne on the left, in the place of Benjamin Pavard and Lucas Hernandez.

The last city is however "available" to play despite a blow to the coast against Albania, according to Deschamps who chambered the new player from Bayern Munich in passing: "He adds a little, it's his experience at the Atlético de Madrid, "smiled" DD.

- Umtiti package -

In the middle, the equation has several unknowns.

If he plays, will Blaise Matuidi remain on the axis like Saturday, or will he return to his usual left wing? Tolisso will he keep his place or will he be dislodged by Moussa Sissoko? Sparkling against Albania, Kingsley Coman will keep the right wing, while Jonathan Ikoné covet it?

In this sector of the game where France was so sovereign Saturday, the coach is facing a little headache if he wants to change his eleven, without upsetting the balance of the team.

On the front of the attack, the boss of the Blues can renew his confidence in the taulier Olivier Giroud, new scorer against Albania, or give a new chance to Ben Yedder, impeccable during the round to go to Andorra.

There is one on the other hand who is sure not to tread the lawn of the Stade de France is Samuel Umtiti. Often injured in recent months, the world champion has declared forfeit Sunday because of a hematoma on his right foot.

The absence of the 25-year-old, downgraded in the hierarchy of central defenders in selection and FC Barcelona, ​​should do the business of his teammate Clément Lenglet club, two selections for so many victories.

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