With Kylian Mbappé on the bench, here is France's lineup to face Greece

The French national team had a near-perfect 2023. They quickly recovered from the blow of losing the Qatar 2022 World Cup final by penalty shootouts against Argentina, set themselves the goal of securing their place at Euro 2024 and achieved it without any problems.

The French dominated group B of the qualifiers. There they won all seven matches they played and proved superior to all the teams they faced, including the Netherlands, who at the start seemed to be their main rivals. That is why they arrived at this November international break with the calm of knowing that they had already achieved their goal.

Last Saturday they put on an unforgettable show in Nice, when they beat Gibraltar 14-0 and achieved the biggest victory in their history. And now they will have the chance to finish the year by winning another match, against Greece at the Agia Sofia Stadium in Athens.

Coach Didier Deschamps decided that most of the stars of the squad will be part of the XI on Tuesday, but Kylian Mbappé will be on the bench. Therefore, France's starting lineup will be: Brice Samba; Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez; Youssouf Fofana, Adrien Rabiot; Ousmane Dembélé, Antoine Griezmann, Randal Kolo Muani; Olivier Giroud. Substitutes will be Alphonse Areola, Mike Maignan, Jonathan Clauss, Dayot Upamecano, Jean Clair Todibo, Axel Disasi, Boubacar Kamara, Khephren Thuram, Marcus Thuram, Kylian Mbappé and Kingsley Coman.

They can no longer reach the target

Greece are in third place in the Group B standings with 12 points, 3 points behind the Netherlands, who are in the Euro 2024 qualification zone. But even if they reach them, they will not be able to take that place away from them. This is because the tie-breaker criterion is the results between them, and the Netherlands beat Greece (1-0 and 3-0). Therefore, they will no longer be able to reach the goal. Coach Gustavo Poyet decided that the XI will be: Odisseas Vlachodimos; Panagiotis Retsos, Konstantinos Mavropanos, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Lazaros Rota, Anastasios Bakasetas, Andreas Bouchalakis, Konstantinos Galanopoulos, Dimitris Giannoulis, Giorgos Masouras, Fotis Ioannidis.