Football Soccer - France v Albania - EURO 2016 - Group A - Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France - 15/6/16 France team group before the match REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - France coach Didier Deschamps has handed starts to Kingsley Coman and Anthony Martial for Wednesday’s game against Albania with Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann dropping to the bench.
The changes were widely predicted, despite France winning their opening game, with high-speed duo Coman and Martial expected to stretch the Albania defence out wide and create more space for Dimitri Payet to run the midfield and leave Olivier Giroud as a lone striker.
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