⏪ What did the last France squad with Thauvin look like 👀 | OneFootball

Back to the past.

This Monday, Florian Thauvin officially made his return to the French national team, replacing an injured Bradley Barcola.

This is the first selection for the Lens player since June 2019 for a friendly against Bolivia and the Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Andorra and Turkey.

According to StatsduFoot, if he plays on Friday, the former Marseille player will break the record for the longest gap between two selections in the French team, having missed 77 matches since the one against Andorra on June 11, 2019. On that occasion, Thauvin scored his only goal for the national team with a bicycle kick.

For the occasion, OneFootball decided to look into Deschamps' list during the last gathering of the French team, which included the Lens striker. And as you'll see, the group has changed a lot.

In this list, you can see some retirees like Samuel Umtiti, Blaise Matuidi, and Raphaël Varane. Some have also officially said goodbye to the French team, such as Antoine Griezmann, Hugo Lloris, and Olivier Giroud.

There are also some names that now seem far from a selection in the national team, notably Léo Dubois, Tanguy Ndombélé, Thomas Lemar, and Kurt Zouma. But if Florian Thauvin has proven anything, it's that you should never write off any player definitively.

Which player would you like to see make a return to the national team? Let us know in the comments.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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