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Gonalons called up by France to replace Nasri
Posted Thursday, November 10, 2011 by YAHOO Sport

Lyon defensive midfielder Maxime Gonalons was awarded his first France call-up on Wednesday after Samir Nasri was ruled out of the friendly games with the United States and Belgium due to injury.

Gonalons, 22, has never previously been included in a France squad but was drafted in after Manchester City midfielder Nasri succumbed to an inflamed tendon in his left knee.

France play the United States at Stade de France on Friday before tackling Belgium at the same venue four days later.

Revised France squad

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Barcelona/ESP), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Adil Rami (Valencia/ESP), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal/ENG), Jeremy Mathieu (Valencia/ESP), Mamadou Sakho (Paris Saint-Germain)

Midfielders: Alou Diarra (Marseille), Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle/ENG), Yann M'Vila (Rennes), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG), Jeremy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Marvin Martin (Sochaux), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/GER)

Forwards: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Kevin Gameiro (Paris Saint-Germain), Loic Remy (Marseille), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier)

Standings
    Rank Team W/D/L Pts

    Cities & Stadiums

    The Top 3 Teams of Previous Tournaments

    Year Winners Runner-up Third place
    2008SpainGermanyRussia / Turkey
    2004GreecePortugalNetherlands / Czech Republic
    2000FranceItalyNetherlands / Portugal
    1996GermanyCzech RepublicFrance / England
    1992DenmarkGermanyNetherlands / Sweden
    1988NetherlandsSoviet UnionItaly / West Germany
    1984FranceSpainDenmark / Portugal
    1980West GermanyBelgiumCzechoslovakia
    1976CzechoslovakiaWest GermanyNetherlands
    1972West GermanySoviet UnionBelgium
    1968ItalyYugoslaviaEngland
    1964SpainSoviet UnionHungary
    1960Soviet UnionYugoslaviaCzechoslovakia