France hand Warren Zaïre-Emery start in overhauled XI to face Colombia | OneFootball

Didier Deschamps has handed Warren Zaïre-Emery a start ahead of Eduardo Camavinga as France field a heavily rotated XI to face Colombia at 21:00 in Landover, Maryland. According to L'Équipe, Brice Samba starts in goal for the second game of their US tour.

Deschamps had signalled he wanted to assess as many players as possible during this camp. Full-backs Lucas Digne and Pierre Kalulu also come in.

The main call in midfield was who partners N'Golo Kanté, with the staff opting for Zaïre-Emery alongside the Fenerbahçe midfielder. Ahead of them, Akliouche, Cherki and Doué support Marcus Thuram.

Colombia, beaten 2-1 by Croatia on Thursday, make changes of their own. Alvaro Montero replaces Camilo Vargas in goal and Juan David Cabal starts for Jhon Lucumi. Captain James Rodriguez and Luis Diaz are both in the XI.

France XI: Samba - Kalulu, Lacroix, L. Hernandez, Digne - Zaïre-Emery, Kanté (cap.) - Akliouche, Cherki, Doué - M. Thuram.

Colombia XI: Montero - Munoz, D. Sanchez, Cabal, Mojica - Lerma, Rios - J.Arias, J.Rodriguez (cap.), L. Diaz - L. Suarez.

Source: L'Équipe