EURO 2008 INFO

The team maker Raymond Domenech gave Sunday a list of 30 players to prepare for the final phase of Euro 2008. Surprises: David Trezeguet has been ruled out while the attacker Saint-Etienne Gomis is part of the list ...

Raymond Domenech has settled. The breeder of the team of France has concocted a list of 30 players likely to participate in the Euro 2008. Initially, he had to announce a list of 29 footballers. Only 23 of them are finally chosen May 28 as part of the trip.

First surprise: David Trezeguet has not been selected in the list. The absence of the striker of Juventus Turin, hardly a powerful team of France for two years, and was expected. The player had indeed been a reason, saying in the Sunday edition of the Parisien on Monday he started on tour in China with Juve. Raymond Domenech Sunday justified the absence of Trezeguet "a choice of organisation, Thursday (...) It has four-five attackers axial, we can not multiply posts, we must make choices. I confirm what happened these last two seasons. "

Second surprise: the pre-Etienne striker Bafetimbi Gomis. Two years after creating the surprise with the convening of Pascal Chimbonda for the World-2006, Domenech has re-offended by calling Gomis, 22 years and author of 16 goals in Ligue 1 this season.

The list of 30 players:

Goalkeepers: Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickaël Landreau (Paris SG), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina / ITA), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille).

Defenders: Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona / ESP), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Julien Escudé (FC Sevilla / ESP), Patrice Evra (Manchester United / ENG), William Gallas (Arsenal / ENG) , Philippe Mexès (AS Rome / ITA), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich / GER), Lilian Thuram (FC Barcelona / ESP), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon).

Midfielders: Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth / ENG), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal / ENG), Claude Makelele (Chelsea / ENG), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan / ITA).

Forwards: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea / ENG), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (Saint-Etienne), Thierry Henry (FC Barcelona / ESP), Florent Malouda (Chelsea / ENG), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich / GER), Samir Nasri (Marseille).