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Gomis recalled to France squad for final qualifiers
Posted Thursday, September 29, 2011 by YAHOO Sport
PARIS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - In-form Olympique Lyon forwardBafetimbi Gomis was the only addition to the France squad forOctober's Euro 2012 qualifying matches at home to Albania andBosnia.

Laurent Blanc's men, who top Group D by a point from Bosniawith just next Friday and the Oct. 11 games left, will look toquickly wrap up qualfication for next year's finals in Ukraineand Poland.

Gomis, who has five caps, is Ligue 1's top scorer with sixgoals and scored with an exquisite strike in Tuesday's 2-0 winover Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.

He replaced injured forward Guillaume Hoarau in the onlychange to the squad which won 2-1 in Albania and drew 0-0 inRomania this month, meaning in-form Montpellier forward OlivierGiroud misses out.

Striker Karim Benzema has a slight knock but was included.

Uncapped centre back Laurent Koscielny was again called upwith Philippe Mexes and Mamadou Sakho still injured. 

Squad:  

Goalkeepers: Cedric Carrasso (Girondins Bordeaux), HugoLloris (Olympique Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Olympique Marseille) 

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Patrice Evra (ManchesterUnited), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur), Laurent Koscielny(Arsenal), Adil Rami (Valencia), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon),Bacary Sagna (Arsenal). 

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United), Alou Diarra(Marseille), Yann M'Vila (Stade Rennes), Florent Malouda(Chelsea), Marvin Martin (Sochaux), Blaise Matuidi (Paris StGermain), Samir Nasri (Manchester City), Mathieu ValbuenaMarseille) 

Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kevin Gameiro (PSG),Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon), Jeremy Menez (PSG), Loic Remy(Marseille), Franck Ribery (BayernMunich)       

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    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
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