http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marvin-Martin-c24496 retains place – Les Bleus News
Champions LOSC Lille Metropole’s striker Dimitri Payet suffered an injury to his right leg during Les Dogues’ 1-1 draw to Nancy Lorraine in their first game of the 2011/2012 campaign.
The injury has forced him out of France national team’s friendly match against 2011 Copa http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/America-c38390 quarter-finalists, Chile.
Payet had an excellent 2010/11 season, scoring 13 goals in 34 matches and providing an assist in another 3 for AS Saint-Etienne.
The Former Saint-Etienne man has assisted 2 goals in his three international appearances, and was looking forward to his fourth international cap against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chile-c2871 in Montpellier. Laurent Blanc, coach of France, is unlikely to be replacing him, which will leave
him with just 22 players to choose from.
The 45-year-old Frenchman has decided to stick with Sochaux-Montbeliard midfielder, Marvin Martin, after an excellent debut match against Ukraine and a mature showing against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 in his first start for Les Bleus.
The 23-year-old crafty playmaker had a dream start to his international career against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Younes-Kaboul-c37543 of Tottenham Hotspur. His consistent performances have impressed Laurent Blanc and the
former France international has decided to retain him for the upcoming friendly.
Recently, the Paris-born player continued his meteoric rise by scoring an equaliser in the opening 2011/2012 Ligue 1 match against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Olympique-de-Marseille-c40127 which ended in a 2-2 draw.
France earlier announced its team for the friendly with Franck Ribery out of the team although he has recovered from a recent ankle injury. Other absentees include http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Valbuena-c24690, due to an ankle and hip injury
respectively.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 appear to have a slight edge over their South American competitors as the recent friendlies played by both teams indicate that France have won 3 of the 4 matches in recent times.
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