France's Les Bleus coach Raymond Domenech has named a 20-man squad for their World Cup warm-up match against Slovakia at the Stade de France on March 1.

It is expected that Gregory Coupet may take the goalkeeper’s jersey from the erratic Marseille ‘keeper Fabien Barthez after Coupet grabbed more than two thirds of the vote in a recent public poll.

In the opinion poll published by France Football magazine on Friday, 69 percent of those polled expressed their desire for Olympique Lyon's Coupet to be first-choice, while only 28 percent said Olympique Marseille's Fabien Barthez should remain in goal.

France squad to face Slovakia (team to be chosen from):

Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Olympique Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle), Francois Clerc (Olympique Lyon), William Gallas (Chelsea), Philippe Mexes (AS Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Juventus)

Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris St Germain), Alou Diarra (Racing Lens), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Strikers: Nicolas Anelka (Fenerbahce), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyon)

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