This Sunday, Equipe de France will play Italy in the Nations League at 20:45 at the Stadio San Siro. The match will involve 4 Paris Saint-Germain players. 3 on the French side: Warren Zaïre-Emery, Randal Kolo Muani, Bradley Barcola. 1 on the Italian side: Gianluigi Donnarumma. On the eve of the match, Le Parisien and L’Equipe put forward a likely Bleus line-up , with some changes from Thursday’s draw with Israel. However, there is still 1 Parisian in each line-up, despite a few differences between the two.
Le Parisien (4-3-3) –
Barcola – Thuram – Coman
Rabiot – Kanté – Koné
Digne – Saliba – Upamecano – Koundé
Maignan
L’Equipe (4-3-3) –
Barcola – Thuram ou Nkunku – Coman
Rabiot – Kanté – Guendouzi
Digne – Saliba ou Konaté – Upamecano – Koundé
Maignan
Either team is entirely conceivable, given the players available and the last few games, with always the search for a formula that really works. Barcola could get another opportunity, but that’s not a given either. He was no more convincing than anyone else in the last match.
Even so, coach Didier Deschamps shouldn’t change everything. The idea is to have a team capable of an outstanding performance, since a win by at least two goals is needed to finish in first place.
We’re waiting for certainty on the composition, as other possibilities exist. But it should at least be pretty close to what’s been suggested.
