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Yesterday, French national team coach Jacques Santini announced the preliminary squad that will go to the European Championship in Portugal.
One of the most talented young French players, Philippe Mexes, who is considered one of the best "Ligue 1" defenders and is attracting interest from many European giants, was unexpectedly left out of the team. Olivier Kapo and Sidney Govou also did not make it into the squad, while recently struggling Sylvain Wiltord made the cut for the trip to Portugal.
French national team squad:
Goalkeepers:
Fabien Barthez (Marseille)
Gregory Coupet (Lyon)
Mickael Landreau (Nantes)
Defenders:
Jean-Alain Boumsong (Auxerre)
Marcel Desailly (Chelsea)
William Gallas (Chelsea)
Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich)
Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United)
Lilian Thuram (Juventus)
Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich)
Midfielders:
Ludovic Giuly (Monaco)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea)
Olivier Dacourt (Roma)
Patrick Vieira (Arsenal)
Robert Pires (Arsenal)
Jerome Rothen (Monaco)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Benoit Pedretti (Sochaux)
Forwards:
Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
David Trezeguet (Juventus)
Louis Saha (Manchester United)
Steve Marlet (Marseille)
Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal)
