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Santini to shuffle his defence

Jacques Santini will have to shuffle his defence for the quarter-final against Greece tomorrow
Jacques Santini will have to shuffle his defence for the quarter-final against Greece tomorrow

French 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 Willy Sagnol. The right back, 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.

Filed by Mark O'Neill-Cummins

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