Team News: Towan re-entered the French roster after 6 years, and if he gets the chance to play, he will set a record

The Team reported that Towan was on the French roster and set a record if he got playing time on Saturday.

After not being selected for the French team for more than six years, Towan was re-engaged to the French national team due to a Balco's injury. His last appearance for France was dated back to the European Cup qualifiers against Andorra on June 11, 2019. France won 4-0 in that game and Towan scored a goal.

If Towan plays in the next match against Azerbaijan or Iceland, he will set a record of missing the most games between the two-time selection interval in France. According to statistics, the current record holder is Vikash Doraso, who missed 73 French matches during his second (June 1999) and third (September 2004), behind him are Benzema (71 games, October 2015 to June 2021) and Rio Mavuba (69 games, March 2007 to August 2012).

If Deschamps gives Towan playing time against Azerbaijan, then Towan misses 77 games. However, from the time span, he will not set the longest interval. From his last game to the next game, the interval will be six years, three months and twenty-nine days, which is slightly less than the record holder after World War II and the striker Larby Bembarek who has played for teams such as Marseille.

The latter waited for six years, four months and four days between a friendly match against Czechoslovakia in June 1948 and the last selection against West Germany in October 1954. However, due to the small number of games at the time, he missed only 41 games during this period. He also holds the record for the longest career in the French national team (from first to last), and his international career lasted from 1938 to 1954, spanning more than fifteen years until he was 37 years old.