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Youthful Trezeguet called up to face Spain |  |
French coach Aime Jacquet has called up 20-year-old David Trezeguet of Monaco to bolster France's striking power in a World Cup warm-up match against Spain at the Stade de France on January 28.
Jacquet, whose main concern remains finding an effective striker, gave his first chance to Auxerre's Bernard Diomede along with teammate Stephane Guirvarc'h, the top Frenchleague scorer this season.
Paris St Germain's Florian Maurice is also given a new chance to play for France as Jacquet tries to sort out his attacking problem five months from the start of the World Cup.
French team composition :
| Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Monaco) Lionel Charbonnier (Auxerre) Defenders: Laurent Blanc (Marseille) Vincent Candela (AS Roma) Marcel Desailly (Milan AC) Franck Leboeuf (Chelsea) Lilian Thuram (Parme) |
Midfielders : Ibrahim Ba (Milan AC) Alain Boghossian (Sampdoria Gênes) Didier Deschamps (Juventus Turin) Pierre Laigle (Sampdoria Gênes) Zinédine Zidane (Juventus Turin) Forwards: Bernard Diomède (Auxerre) Youri Djorkaeff (Inter de Milan) Stéphane Guivarc'h (Auxerre) Florian Maurice (Paris St Germain) Robert Pires (Metz) David Trezeguet (Monaco) |
