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Fekir ,Zouma, Kondogbia gets france Shirts for upcoming friendly against Brazil & Denmark


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France manager has announced the squad for upcoming friendly against brazil & denmark .The main noting point in the list is call up for the new blood in fekir & zouma which for the consistent superb performance they have been delivered for month in & out for the respective clubs.

Their was Quite a stir of debate surrounding Nabil fekir before regarding which country he will  fold for with france & algeria approaching for that he delivered a statement through L'equipe as follow

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“Yes, I confirm, France are my choice”,“I spoke with Didier Deschamps and he was very convincing. He said that he was counting on me and that I was an important player for him.
“This is a significant year as we are close to Euro 2016 [in France] and I really want to play in that tournament. I am French of Algerian origin and I feel it was in my interest to opt for France.” 

 This which lead to a string of anger between Nabil' family & algeria football federation chief Raouraoua even who accused of his club for playing a part in it by updating a statement on their site. 'for which they told as follow

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Angry Nabil's grandfather who said to Algerian media: "His parents are very angry with his decision, and me too. We are in shock, because we did not expect that he can Ignore the call of our motherland. As a family we wish our son wear the Algeria colours that would make all the family proud."

The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) had accused Lyon of influencing Fekir's choice of France.
"We called up Nabil Fekir because he called (coach) Christian Gourcuff to tell him he had chosen to wear the Algeria shirt. We were surprised by the official statement published on the (Lyon) club's website and it proves the club played a part in this affair," FAF president Mohamed Raouraoua said.

Regarding his inclusion in the team & comparision to les bleus former talismanic midfielder zidane
fekir has distance himself down & admit of intention to follow in his peers footsteps
“The comparison is flattering, but seriously I’m very far from the level of Zidane,” Fekir told L’Equipe
“I’m not a world-class player but I’ll work with my club to try and get there.
“Going back to Zidane, we at least have one common point. We had to make the same choice. Like me, he was born in France. Like me, his parents were born in Algeria. We made the same decision.” 

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"I selected him for these two matches because I feel that he's a player with huge potential and who has some different qualities from those that the rest of the players in my squad have," explained Deschamps about Lyon prodigy, "He's a player who can accelerate and make an impact as soon as he gets the ball, and he's very good in front of goal. With his club he plays mostly behind the strikers, but he's very versatile and can still add more strings to his bow."

The full squad
Goalkeepers
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham, ENG), Steve Mandanda (Marseille, FRA)
Stéphane Ruffier (Saint-Etienne, FRA)
Defenders
Patrice Evra (Juventus, ITA), Christophe Jallet (Lyon, FRA), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal, ENG), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City, ENG), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool, ENG), Benoît Tremoulinas (Sevilla, ESP), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid, ESP), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea, ENG)
Midfielders
Maxime Gonalons (Lyon, FRA), Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco, FRA), Blaise Matuidi (PSG, FRA), Dimitri Payet (Marseille, FRA), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton, ENG), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle, ENG)
Forwards 
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, ESP), Nabil Fekir (Lyon, FRA), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal, ENG), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid, ESP), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon, FRA), Mathieu Valbuena (Dynamo Moscow, RUS)
 

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