They are expected Thursday in Strasbourg, the day after France - Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Meinau.

Midfielders Mattéo Guendouzi (Marseille) and Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) will respectively replace Corentin Tolisso and N'Golo Kanté.

Injured, the player of Bayern (calf) and Chelsea (ankle) will miss the three qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup, that of this Wednesday evening but also those in Ukraine on Saturday in Kiev then against Finland on Tuesday in Décines, in the suburbs of Lyon .

First cape for Guendouzi?

Former captain of the Espoirs, the neo-Marseillais Guendouzi (22) has already been summoned with the A in September and November 2019, when he was playing at Arsenal, without coming into play. Present at the recent Euro, the Turinese Rabiot (26 years) has 19 selections.

He was not initially called by coach Didier Deschamps for the current rally, due to lack of playing time in the club.

Juve saved him at the start of the season due to muscle discomfort in his left thigh.

the ex-Turinese finally played his first minutes in competition on Saturday in Serie A against Empoli (0-1), as holder.

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