Laurent Blanc has chosen to axe the French duo from the 23-man squad that will play for Les Bleus at the Euros this June as Valbuena Blaise Matuidi heave a sigh of relief
The axe has finally fallen. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 for the Euros. The Montpellier captain and Lyon midfielder were officially removed from the training
group this morning as Blanc announced his 23-man squad for the Euros.
Everyone in France was highly anticipating Blanc’s decision on Tuesday and the former Bordeaux coach decided to give his verdict until the last minute.
His verdict now means that Yanga-Mbiwa and Gourcuff will watch Les Bleus play the Euros from home. After the injury to Loic Remy, Laurent Blanc’s attacking depth was considerably reduced and the Frenchman was always going to axe either a defender or a midfielder.
Furthermore, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Younes-Kaboul-c37543 also withdrew from the team due to injury and ultimately it was Yanga-Mbiwa and Gourcuff who had to be sacrificed.
The Montpellier defender’s fate already seemed doomed when Blanc said that he will not be looking to double every position. His lack of experience might have been the main reason why Blanc chose not to take him to Eastern Europe.
For http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yoann-Gourcuff-c37416, this comes as yet another setback and a conclusion to two difficult seasons. To everybody’s surprise, Gourcuff’s name was in the provisional list. Though Blanc is a big fan of the Lyon man, his performances in the recent friendly against
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iceland-c2921 were hardly inspiring which is why Marvin Martin got the nod ahead of him.
Mathieu Valbuena and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Blaise-Matuidi-c7681’s places were also under threat but the duo will be ,in the Euros this time.
No doubt, Blanc will have to defend his choice in the next press conference.
23-man squad
Goalkeepers: Cedric Carrasso, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Steve-Mandanda-c34177
Defenders: Gael Clichy, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Adil-Rami-c3639, Anthony Reveillere
Midfielders: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360
Forwards: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mathieu-Valbuena-c24690
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