Uncapped Ribery and Chimbonda in France squad

May 14, 2006
By Patrick Vignal
PARIS, May 14 (Reuters) - France coach Raymond Domenech bowed to popular demand by picking Olympique Marseille's Franck Ribery in his 23-man squad for the World Cup finals on Sunday. Arguably the finest player in Ligue 1 this season, the 23-year-old attacking midfielder is being hailed in France as the new Zinedine Zidane but had so far been overlooked by Domenech.

Ribery is one of two uncapped players on Domenech's list with Pascal Chimbonda, a 27-year-old defender who plays for Wigan ...

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