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Zizou’s first!

This Friday evening at 8:45 p.m., the France team travels to Kocaeli to take on Turkey as part of Matchday 1 of the 2027 Nations League.

A match naturally marked by Zinédine Zidane’s first game in charge of Les Bleus.

For this encounter, the France coach has made some bold choices, notably abandoning Didier Deschamps’ traditional 4-2-3-1 in favor of a 4-3-3.

As for the players, Zizou is notably giving Adrien Truffert his chance and placing Kylian Mbappé on the left wing, while Ousmane Dembélé will lead the line.

Check out the lineups below:

Turkey: Cakir - Celik, Demiral (capt), Bardakci, Kadioglu - Özcan, Yüksek - Güler, Uzun, Aydin - Yilmaz.

France: Maignan - Koundé, Upamecano, Lacroix, Truffert - Koné, Rabiot, Cherki - Mbappé (capt), Dembélé, Olise.

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