Truffert over Diouf, Mbappé on the left as fans pick Zidane’s XI for Türkiye v France | OneFootball

Fans have selected an XI that mirrors the side Zinédine Zidane is expected to pick for his first match in charge, away to Türkiye on Friday at 20.45 in the Nations League.

According to L'Équipe, the reader poll produced a like-for-like 4-3-3 with the projected line-up, position by position.

In goal, Mike Maignan took 89.73% of votes, ahead of Jean Butez on 6.08 and Guillaume Restes on 4.19. At left-back it was tighter, Adrien Truffert earned 56.91% against Andy Diouf on 43.09.

Dayot Upamecano was near-unanimous at centre-back with 96.62%, alongside Maxence Lacroix on 43.73, ahead of Jérémy Jacquet on 33.44 and Leny Yoro on 26.13. On the right, Jules Koundé received 59.71% over Pierre Kalulu on 40.29.

Midfield choices favoured Adrien Rabiot on 89.19, Manu Koné on 80.75 and Rayan Cherki on 75.24, outpolling Lucas Da Cunha on 34.29 and Eduardo Camavinga on 20.51.

Up front, Kylian Mbappé on the left drew 78.29%, ahead of Désiré Doué on 11.96 and Bradley Barcola on 9.75. Through the middle, Ousmane Dembélé led with 63.99, ahead of Estéban Lepaul on 18.21 and Mbappé on 17.80. On the right, Michael Olise was clear on 86.52, with Dembélé on 9.96, Doué on 2.80 and Maghnes Akliouche on 0.72.

The readers’ XI: Maignan, Koundé, Upamecano, Lacroix, Truffert, Cherki, Koné, Rabiot, Olise, Dembélé, Mbappé.

Source: L'Équipe

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