Steve Mandanda returns to the French team after a year’s absence

Steve Mandanda will find the Blues after more than a year of absence for the match against Denmark this Sunday, September 15. The last time the Rouge et Noir goalkeeper was called up by the coach was for Euro 2021. Steve Mandanda has accumulated at 37, 34 selections in the French football team. He finds his teammate there, the left side Adrien Truffert. Good news two months before the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Steve Mandanda has been called up to the France team for replace Mike Maignan injured on Thursday against Austria (2-0) and package for Sunday’s duel in Denmark. “He is expected at midday in Enghien-les-Bains”where the Blues reside between their two League of Nations matches, specifies the French Football Federation in a press release.

The former Marseillais now goalkeeper of Stade Rennais (37 years old, 34 caps) will complete the list of three goalkeepers in the company of Alphonse Areola, who came into play Thursday at half-time, and Alban Lafont, summoned for the first times in theabsence of captain Hugo Lloris, package for this back-to-school course.


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