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| Full France squad to fly to London for England friendly at Wembley | Full France squad to fly to London for England friendly at Wembley |
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| All 23 members of the France squad, including Lassana Diarra and Antoine Griezmann, will fly to England for Tuesday’s friendly at Wembley as the British Home Secretaty Theresa May said the match will go ahead as a sign that “the terrorists will not win”. | |
| Diarra’s cousin Asta Diakite was one of the 129 people who died in the Paris terror attacks on Friday. | Diarra’s cousin Asta Diakite was one of the 129 people who died in the Paris terror attacks on Friday. |
| Griezmann’s sister managed to escape the Bataclan theatre, where 89 people were killed when it was stormed by terrorists. | Griezmann’s sister managed to escape the Bataclan theatre, where 89 people were killed when it was stormed by terrorists. |
| Related: Wembley to welcome France for England friendly in spirit of defiance | Barney Ronay | Related: Wembley to welcome France for England friendly in spirit of defiance | Barney Ronay |
| Both were playing in France’s friendly win over Germany at the Stade de France on Friday, which was also targeted by terrorists, while the attacks took place. | Both were playing in France’s friendly win over Germany at the Stade de France on Friday, which was also targeted by terrorists, while the attacks took place. |
| Didier Deschamps offered his players the chance to pull out if they did not feel up to it. But despite being directly affected by the attacks, both have remained and will fly to England, according to the team media officer Philippe Tournon. “All the players are coming,” he said. | Didier Deschamps offered his players the chance to pull out if they did not feel up to it. But despite being directly affected by the attacks, both have remained and will fly to England, according to the team media officer Philippe Tournon. “All the players are coming,” he said. |
| Suicide bombers targeted the area around Stade de France as part of the terror rampage in Paris while the French team was playing Germany, with the president Francois Hollande amid the thousands in the crowd. | |
| Speaking after chairing a meeting of the Government’s Cobra emergency committee, the Home Secretary said: “It is the intention that the France-England match will still go ahead. | |
| “We are in absolute solidarity with the people of France and together we need to show that the terrorists will not win and we will defeat them.” | |
| The England manager Roy Hodgson has urged fans to show their support for their French counterparts at the game. “I’m sure the England team and our fans will play their part and show solidarity with our French friends on Tuesday evening and provide support for both teams during this difficult time,” he said. | |
| Extra police are likely to be drafted in for the match and it is understood the FA will be enhancing its security and search procedures for fans entering the stadium. | |
| France will hold a press conference at Wembley on Monday before taking part in a training session at the stadium. | France will hold a press conference at Wembley on Monday before taking part in a training session at the stadium. |
| The France coach and his players were shocked when they saw footage of the attacks being shown on television following the win over Germany in Paris. | The France coach and his players were shocked when they saw footage of the attacks being shown on television following the win over Germany in Paris. |
| The FA would have cancelled the friendly at Wembley if its French counterparts had felt it was not be appropriate to play the match but the French federation said it should go ahead. Wembley’s arch will be lit up in the red, white and blue of the French flag to show solidarity. | The FA would have cancelled the friendly at Wembley if its French counterparts had felt it was not be appropriate to play the match but the French federation said it should go ahead. Wembley’s arch will be lit up in the red, white and blue of the French flag to show solidarity. |
| Screens will show the motto “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” outside the ground and before kick-off the words of La Marseillaise will be shown to help any England fans who want to join in. Fans have been urged to get to Wembley early as there will be increased security checks. | Screens will show the motto “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” outside the ground and before kick-off the words of La Marseillaise will be shown to help any England fans who want to join in. Fans have been urged to get to Wembley early as there will be increased security checks. |
| Germany’s friendly against the Netherlands on Tuesday will go ahead as planned, despite the German team still being shaken by the deadly attacks in Paris, the world champions said on Sunday. | |
| Germany were playing France in Paris on Friday as a wave of attacks was unleashed across the city, killing 129 people. | |
| “The message is clear. We will not be intimidated by terror,” said the interim German FA (DFB) chief Reinhard Rauball in a statement, following a meeting to decide whether the game in Hanover would go ahead. | |
| “For the team to play against the Dutch only a few days after the terrible experiences in Paris is a necessary signal.” | |
| The Germany players and staff had spent Friday night holed up inside the stadium before leaving straight for the airport on Saturday morning. | |
| “The entire team, players coaches and staff are still shocked,” the team manager Oliver Bierhoff said in the statement. “But we all know how important it is to send a signal as a national team in favour of our values and culture.” | |
| Lower Saxony’s minister for sport Boris Pistorius said every precaution would be taken by security staff to ensure it was a peaceful event where families, who bought tickets weeks ago, could feel comfortable. | |
| “I welcome the decision by the DFB to play the game after discussions with Lower Saxony security officials. There are no reasons that would force us to cancel the game,” Pistorius said in a statement. | |
| “We also want to send a signal that these cowardly terrorists cannot run our lives.” |