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France national football team
Euro Champ Qualifying | Group Stage
Nov 18, 2023 at 7.45pm UK
Allianz Riviera
Gibraltar national football team
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Gibraltar

How France could line up against Gibraltar

How France could line up against Gibraltar
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Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at how France could line up for Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifying Group B clash with Gibraltar.

France boss Didier Deschamps could hand a full senior international debut to Warren Zaire-Emery in Saturday's Euro 2024 qualifying battle with Gibraltar in Group B.

Les Bleus are already guaranteed to qualify for next year's competition as group winners, although they will be after maximum points to ensure a place in Pot 1 of the group-stage draw.

Deschamps has already been hit with two midfield blows, as Real Madrid duo Aurelien Tchouameni (foot) and Eduardo Camavinga (knee) - the latter of whom injured himself in training this week - are unavailable for November's matches.

As a result, 17-year-old Zaire-Emery - who only debuted for the Under-21s in September - is a candidate to start in the Bleus engine room, especially with Deschamps likely to tinker with his team against a pointless and goalless Gibraltar before next week's trip to Greece.

Brice Samba could therefore make only his second appearance in goal, having won his first cap in June's 3-0 beating of Los Llanis, while Arsenal's William Saliba is a candidate to start in defence.

Brothers Lucas Hernandez and Theo Hernandez could also link arms with Saliba and Jonathan Clauss - the only recognised right-back in the Bleus squad - while Jean-Clair Todibo is also eyeing a second cap after replacing the stricken Ibrahima Konate.

Adrien Rabiot might be selected as Zaire-Emery's midfield partner, although Khephren Thuram, Youssouf Fofana and Boubacar Kamara are also present, while Antoine Griezmann's spot in the number 10 role appears to be safe.

Ousmane Dembele was involved in the training incident which left Camavinga with a sprained knee, but the Paris Saint-Germain attacker will seemingly be fine to join Kylian Mbappe and Griezmann in the supporting cast.

Deschamps is facing the best kind of selection dilemma up front between Olivier Giroud, Randal Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram, the latter of whom has 12 goal contributions from as many Serie A games for Inter Milan this term - four of his own and eight assists - so he has made his case to start over Giroud if the AC Milan veteran is spared.

France possible starting lineup: Samba; Clauss, Saliba, L. Hernandez, T. Hernandez; Zaire-Emery, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe; Thuram

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Group A

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Q Spain Spain760118
Q Scotland flag Scotland751116
3 Norway Norway731310
4 Georgia Georgia72238
5 Cyprus Cyprus80080

Group B

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Q France France660018
2 Netherlands Netherlands640212
3 Greece Greece740312
4 Ireland Rep. Ireland72056
5 Gibraltar flag Gibraltar60060

Group C

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Q England flag England761019
2 Italy Italy741213
3 Ukraine Ukraine741213
4 Macedonia N. Macedonia72147
5 Malta flag Malta80080

Group D

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Q Turkey Turkey751116
2 Wales flag Wales732211
3 Croatia Croatia631210
4 Armenia Armenia72238
5 Latvia Latvia71063

Group E

TeamPWDLPTS
1 Albania national flag Albania742114
2 Czech Republic Czech Republic733112
3 Poland Poland832311
4 Republic of Moldova Moldova724110
5 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands70161

Group F

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Q Austria Austria861119
Q Belgium Belgium752017
3 Sweden Sweden72147
4 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan72147
5 Estonia Estonia70161

Group G

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Q Hungary Hungary743015
2 Serbia Serbia741213
3 Montenegro Montenegro732211
4 Lithuania Lithuania81346
5 Bulgaria Bulgaria70343

Group H

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1 Denmark Denmark971122
2 Slovenia Slovenia961219
3 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan960318
4 Finland Finland950415
5 Northern Ireland flag N. Ireland92076
6 San Marino flag San Marino90090

Group I

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1 Switzerland Switzerland844016
2 Romania Romania844016
3 Israel Israel833212
4 Kosovo flag Kosovo824210
5 Belarus Belarus81346
6 Andorra flag Andorra80262

Group J

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Q Portugal Portugal990027
Q Slovakia Slovakia961219
3 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg942314
4 Iceland Iceland931510
5 Bosnia Bosnia H'vina93069
6 Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein90090

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