Zidane shakes up France squad with five new faces ahead of Nations League debut

Zinédine Zidane announced his first France squad on Friday, naming five new players and signaling an attacking philosophy as he takes over from Didier Deschamps ahead of his opening Nations League matches. Elsewhere, Cristiano Ronaldo was named in new Portugal boss Jorge Jesus's squad, Senegal coach Patrick Vieira called up 29 players for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Ethiopia and Mozambique with Sadio Mané injured, and England left out Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold without recalling Phil Foden. In club football, Monaco beat Lens 2-1 to go top of Ligue 1, Brentford beat Chelsea 3-0 in the Premier League, and Bayern Munich thrashed Union Berlin 7-0 thanks to a Michael Olise hat-trick and a Harry Kane brace.