Govou in for stricken Giuly

AS Monaco FC captain Ludovic Giuly has been forced to withdraw from France's UEFA EURO 2004™ squad because of a torn abdominal muscle and he will be replaced by Olympique Lyonnais striker Sidney Govou.

Muscle tear
Giuly was substituted early in this week's UEFA Champions League final, which Monaco lost 3-0 against FC Porto, and a scan today revealed that his injury would take around six weeks to heal, making him unavailable for the final tournament.

Santini confirmation

France squad

Goalkeepers
Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille)
Grégory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais)
Mickaël Landreau (FC Nantes Atlantique)

Defenders
Jean-Alain Boumsong (AJ Auxerre)
Marcel Desailly (Chelsea FC)
William Gallas (Chelsea FC)
Bixente Lizarazu (FC Bayern München)
Willy Sagnol (FC Bayern München)
Mikaël Silvestre (Manchester United FC)
Lilian Thuram (Juventus FC)

Midfielders
Olivier Dacourt (AS Roma)
Claude Makelele (Chelsea FC)
Benoît Pedretti (FC Sochaux Montbéliard)
Robert Pires (Arsenal FC)
Jérôme Rothen (AS Monaco FC)
Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC)
Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid CF)

Forwards
Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyonnais)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
Steve Marlet (Olympique de Marseille)
Louis Saha (Manchester United FC)
David Trezeguet (Juventus FC)
Sylvain Wiltord (Arsenal FC)