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Teams: Arsenal trio start for nations in World Cup qualifiers

By on September 6, 2016
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The international break continues tonight with a number of 2018 World Cup qualifiers taking place and three Arsenal stars will be in action for their countries.

Laurent Koscielny and Olivier Giroud start for their nation tonight as the French kick off their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Belarus.

Summer signing Granit Xhaka will also be in action as Switzerland entertain Portugal in Group B.

Good luck to the boys and hopefully they’ll come back without any injuries!

Here are the teams:

Belarus: Gorbunov, bardachev, Gordejchuk, kalachev, korzun, mayevskiy, politevich, polyakov, signevich, sivakov, stasevich

France: Mandanda; Sidibé, Varane, Koscielny, Kurzawa; Sissoko, Kanté, Pogba; Griezmann, Giroud, Martial.

And for the Switzerland vs Portugal game….

Switzerland:  Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schär, Djourou, Rodriguez; Behrami, Xhaka; Dzemaili; Mehmedi, Seferovic, Embolo.

Portugal: Patrício; Cédric, Pepe, Fonte, Guerreiro; Silva, Moutinho, William, Adrien; Eder, Nani.