CLAIREFONTAINE, France, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Arsenal striker
Thierry Henry will miss Saturday's European championship
qualifying match against Cyprus because of injury, France coach
Jacques Santini said on Tuesday.
Henry is nursing a painful ankle and is replaced in the
squad by Liverpool midfielder Bruno Cheyrou who earned his first
cap for France in Tunisia last month.
Chelsea influential midfielder Emmanuel Petit is recovering
from a toe injury and should be fit in time for the match in
Nicosia.
'Manu is going much better and the doctor is optimistic
about the Saturday's match,' Santini told a news conference at
the French team training camp outside Paris.
The newly appointed coach is already without AS Roma
defender Vincent Candela who pulled out with a calf injury on
Monday.
Candela has been replaced by under-21 player Sylvain Armand
of Nantes who is called into the senior squad for the first
time.
Manchester goalkeeper Fabien Barthez, Bayern Munich defender
Bixente Lizarazu and Juventus striker David Trezeguet are all
out through injuries.
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