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World Cup Qualifying - Europe | Group Stage

Oct 10, 2016 at 7.45pm UK

Netherlands
0-1
France

FT(HT: 0-1)

Pogba (30')

Team News: One change apiece for Netherlands, France

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter | 10 October 2016

Netherlands manager Danny Blind and France head coach Didier Deschamps make one change apiece ahead of Monday night's World Cup Group A qualifier in Amsterdam.

The Netherlands and France have made one change apiece ahead of Monday night's World Cup Group A qualifier in Amsterdam.

Danny Blind has drafted Davy Propper into the Oranje starting XI in place of Wesley Sneijder, who has a hamstring problem.

Kevin Strootman will captain the team from central midfield, while Tottenham Hotspur striker Vincent Janssen will be supported by Quincy Promes in the final third.

As for Les Bleus, head coach Didier Deschamps has made a change at right-back as Djibril Sidibe replaces the injured Bacary Sagna.

Paul Pogba, Blaise Matuidi and Moussa Sissoko continue in midfield, while Dimitri Payet and Kevin Gameiro continue to keep out the likes of Anthony Martial and Andre-Pierre Gignac.

The Netherlands will enter the match off the back of a 4-1 win over Belarus on Friday, while France beat Bulgaria by the same scoreline on the same night.

Netherlands: Stekelenburg; Karsdorp, Bruma, Van Dijk, Blind; Wijnaldum, Strootman, Propper; Klaassen, Janssen, Promes

France: Lloris; Sidibe, Varane, Koscielny, Kurzawa; Pogba, Matuidi, Sissoko; Payet, Gameiro, Griezmann

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