Deschamps
France coach Didier Deschamps is concerned that a congested season may have taken its toll on his players as they prepare for next month's Euros.
The defending champions took the lead in the fifth minute through defender Theo Hernandez before Randal Kolo Muani added another in the 79th to seal their fourth final appearance in the last seven editions.
France manager Didier Deschamps said he was not worried about disappointing results over the last few months as "Les Bleus" only have won one of their last six games.
Giroud, who turns 35 next month, misses out despite sitting just five goals away from equalling Thierry Henry's all-time record tally of 51 for Les Bleus
Deschamps praised Antoine Griezmann ahead of his side's European Championship clash with Hungary.
The news comes after Laporte who spent eight years at Athletic Bilbao was granted Spanish nationality earlier this week
Deschamps is hoping to count on the return of several injured players when the world champions travel to Portugal in the Nations League on Saturday.
The player suffered a serious injury at the final stage of the last season, which forced him to miss the France campaign to achieve the 2018 World Cup.
Ben Arfa expressed dissatisfaction with the team's performance in the tournament describing it as Ugly football.
Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player and a coach, welcomed Didier Deschamps on Tuesday "to our club!"
Deschamps is the third footballer to achieve the World Cup as a player and a manager after Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer.
Deschamps achieved many successes with clubs and he hopes to find the same success with the national team.
The tweaks worked a treat as Belgium neutralised Brazil's midfield while allowing Lukaku and Eden Hazard to get beyond their full backs.
It was just 20 days before France's comprehensive quarter-final victory over Uruguay that Les Bleus took to the field to begin their 2018 World Cup campaign against Australia.
French national team manager, Didier Deschamps, believes that Atletico Madrid are responsible for Antoine Griezmann’s problems this season.
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