French must reshuffle defence

France coach Jacques Santini will have to shuffle his defence for the Euro 2004 quarter-final against Greece tomorrow because of the broken arm which has ended the tournament of right-back Willy Sagnol.

France coach Jacques Santini will have to shuffle his defence for the Euro 2004 quarter-final against Greece tomorrow because of the broken arm which has ended the tournament of right-back Willy Sagnol.

Sagnol, who took the place of William Gallas in the starting line-up against Switzerland in Coimbra, will not play again for two months but Chelsea defender Gallas is a doubt with a sore ankle.

If Gallas does not make it Lilian Thuram could be switched to right-back with Marcel Desailly coming back into the defence alongside Mikael Silvestre

Team (probable): Barthez, Thuram, Desailly, Silvestre, Lizarazu, Pires, Vieira, Makelele, Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet.

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