Didier Deschamps announced on Thursday the list of 23 Blues summoned for the October Rally of the French team.
Faced with very many absences due to the injuries of each other, Didier Deschamps announced on Thursday a slightly altered list for the two games awaiting the Blues on October 10 and 13, as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
On the guardian side, no surprise and no recall from Alphonse Areola as some rumors suggested in recent days. No more unexpected choices on the side of the defense. In the midfielder, return of Eduardo Camavonga, notably scorer with Real Madrid two days ago in the Champions League.
In attack, note the first appearance of Jean-Philippe Mateta, the maintenance in the list of Maghnes Akliouche or the presence of Hugo Ekitike, Christopher Nkunku and Kingsley Coman.
The list of 23 Blues for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers
Goalkeepers : Lucas Chevalier, Mike Maignan, Brice Samba.
Defenders: Lucas Digne, Mali Gusto, Lucas Hernandez, Théo Hernandez, Ibrahima Council, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Dayot Upamecano
Fields: Eduardo Camavonga, Manu Koné, Michael Olise, Adrien Rabiot, Kephren Thuram
Attackers: Maghnes Akliok, Bradley Barkko, Kingsley Coman, Hugo Ezoki, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Kylian Mbappé, Christopher Nkunku
The 2026 World Cup qualifying program for the Blues
Friday October 10: France-Azerbaijan, at 8:45 p.m. (Parc des Princes)
Monday October 13: Iceland-France, at 8:45 p.m. (Reykjavík)
