League of Nations: Deschamps' list and Amnesty International France's letter to the Blues
Kylian Mbappe (d), Karim Benzema, and Didier Deschamps (c) in October 2021. AP - Luca Bruno
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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The France team will play four League of Nations matches in June without Olivier Giroud according to the list unveiled this Thursday, May 19, 2022, by coach Didier Deschamps.
In a letter, Amnesty International France challenges the players who will be traveling to Qatar, asking them to take a position on the issue of migrant workers in this Gulf country.
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When Didier Deschamps, coach of the Blues, publishes his list this Thursday, May 19 for the matches of the Champions League, Amnesty International France sends an open letter to the players of the French team, asking them to take a position on the question. migrant workers in Qatar.
Amnesty International France also published today a new report on the working conditions of migrants in Qatar, a few months before the World Cup.
It clearly establishes FIFA's responsibilities, and calls for the establishment of a comprehensive reparations programme.
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Your talent is worth gold, your word must weigh
"
“
You are the best team in the world
(at least until November),
and you will certainly prove it once again during this 2022 World Cup, in Qatar.
You will enter into legend, if as reigning world champions, you help us to defend and support migrant people working in undignified conditions in Qatar, and without whom this World Cup would never have been possible.
Your talent is worth gold, your word must weigh just as much
”, writes Amnesty International France.
The organization challenges the players of the France team: "
Exhaustion, illness, unbearable heat: it is impossible to know the number of deaths - probably thousands - on the construction sites of the stadiums and infrastructures which will be used next winter to the big football party.
They work in construction, hotels, restaurants, for security agencies or as taxi drivers.
In Qatar, you will probably come across these migrant workers in your hotel or when traveling between stadiums and other training places
.
(…)
Dear Blues, we ask you to commit to showing solidarity with these migrants, by putting pressure on the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the French Federation (FFF).
As did your Danish colleagues, whom you will meet on June 3, in a match considered a dress rehearsal before the World Cup
.
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Benzema's return
On the sporting side, Didier Deschamps did not call on Olivier Giroud, nor Paul Pogba, in "
recovery phase
" and whose absence benefits Boubacar Kamara, called for the first time.
Courted according to the press by Senegal, his father's country, the defensive midfielder of Marseille (22), passed by all the French selections among young people, is summoned for the first time by the coach of the Blues, six months from the World Cup. 2022 in Qatar.
Karim Benzema is back with the France group two months after being forced into a package.
Defenders William Saliba and Jonathan Clauss, who also became internationals in March, are also on the list.
Among the goalkeepers, Deschamps renewed his March trio with Mike Maignan (N.2) and Alphonse Areola (N.3) behind captain Hugo Lloris.
The France team, crowned in the League of Nations in October, puts its title on the line with its first four group matches from June 3 to 13 against Austria, Denmark and Croatia, twice.
It is the penultimate gathering before the World Cup in Qatar, which is scheduled to kick off in November.
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