Arsenal and Manchester City players have been dropped from France’s crucial World Cup qualifying second leg against Ukraine.
France face Ukraine in a do or die second leg against Ukraine, where they hope to overturn a 2-0 deficit in order to reach the World Cup.
They line-up as follows, with Manchester United’s Patrice Evra retaining his place despite being voted by French football fans as the player they most wanted to see axed.
Lloris; Debuchy, Sakho, Varane, Evra; Matuidi, Cabaye, Pogba; Valbuena, Benzema, Ribery
Subs: Mandanda, Landreau, Clichy, Sagna, Abidal, Nasri, Grenier, Sissoko, Mavuba, Giroud, Payet, Remy.
Ukraine line up as follows:
Pyatov, Mandzyuk, Khacheridi, Rakitsky, Shevchuk, Bezus, Rotan, Yarmolenko, Edmar, Konoplyanka, Zozulya
Subs: Khudzhamov, Dedechko, Tymoshchuk, Khomchenovskiy, Stepanenko, Gusev, Fedrochuk, Morozyuk, Sydorchuk, Seleznev, Devic.
image: © Julien Haler
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