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Petit pulls out of French squad for Euro 2000 tie

First Published: Aug 28, 1998

Emmanuel Petit has withdrawn from the French squad to play Iceland in a Euro 2000 qualifier on September 5th.

The World Cup winning defender has been replaced by AS Roma's Vincent Candela who is a more defensive player than the free running Arsenal man. Petit has a thigh strain and France are also missing first choice central defensive pair Marcel Desailly and Laurent Blanc through suspension.