Veteran Patrice Evra back for France

35-year-old captained the side in 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa

PARIS: France coach Didier Deschamps has recalled Juventus left-back Patrice Evra after Paris Saint-Germain star Layvin Kurzawa's weekend injury.

Evra was captain of France at the South Africa World Cup in 2010 but at 35 years of age has finally fallen down the pecking order to the extent he was excluded from recent squads.

However, the Senegal-born winner of the last two Serie A titles in Italy and five Premier League titles in England is an old favourite of Deschamps. A key member of the Euro 2016 squad, he also played at AS Monaco under Deschamps as they made a run to the 2004 Champions League final.



With seven points from three games France are level top of Group A with Sweden, who they host at the Stade de France on Friday.

Rennes 'keeper Benoit Costil was also called into the squad after PSG stopper Alphonse Areola was also injured at the weekend.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Benoît Costil (Rennes), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham/ENG), Steve Mandanda (Crystal Palace/ENG)



Defenders

Sébastien Corchia (Lille), Lucas Digne (Barcelona/ESP), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG), Patrice Evra (Juventus/ITA), Adil Rami (Seville/ESP), Djibril Sidibé (Monaco), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona/ESP), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid/ESP)

Midfielders

N'Golo Kante (Chelsea/ENG), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Dimitri Payet (West Ham/ENG), Paul Pogba (Manchester United/ENG), Adrien Rabiot (PSG), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham/ENG)

Strikers

Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich/GER), Ousmane Dembele (Dortmund/GER), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Kevin Gameiro (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal/ENG), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid/ESP)