Lacazette replaces Ntep in France squad
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Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette has been called up to the France squad for friendlies against Armenia and Denmark as an injury replacement for Paul-Georges Ntep.
Lacazette, the Ligue 1 Player of the Year last season, has endured a difficult start to this campaign and was left out of Didier Deschamps' plans in September before initially being overlooked again last week.
The 24-year-old, who scored a league-high 27 goals a year ago, has netted just twice this season but returns to the France set-up in place of Rennes winger Ntep, who was stretchered off with a hamstring injury in a 1-1 draw at Monaco at the weekend.
UEFA EURO 2016 hosts France host Armenia at Nice's Allianz Riviera on Thursday before travelling to Copenhagen to face Denmark on 11 October.