Mbappe headlines Zidane’s France squad, Pagis gets call-up.
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Kylian Mbappe headlined the France squad named Friday by coach Zinedine Zidane for their Nations League matches against Italy and Turkey after picking up an injury on international duty in September, while Pablo Pagis was handed a debut call-up.
Real Madrid superstar Mbappe, the France captain, scored the winner in Zidane’s first match in charge of Les Bleus away to Turkey on September 25, but suffered a knee injury in the same game that ruled him out of the team’s three remaining fixtures of the last international window.
Without him, France won twice against Belgium, in Brussels and then at home, and drew in between against Italy. Mbappe has since returned to action for his club, scoring eight times in seven matches between La Liga and the Champions League. France are without Paris Saint-Germain star Ousmane Dembele and Rennes striker Esteban Lepaul for this month’s double-header, so Marcus Thuram of Inter Milan is recalled to an attack which will also feature Pagis for the first time. The 23-year-old Pagis, who plays chiefly as an attacking midfielder, is rewarded for his impressive form this season since joining Paris FC — who are fourth in Ligue 1 — from Lorient.
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