Rashford in, Benzema and Reus miss out on final Euro 2016 squads

BOTH Marcus Rashford and Daniel Sturridge have made England’s final squad for the 2016 European Championships.

With the striking talents of Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Wayne Rooney certain to feature on Roy Hodgson’s 23-man roster, Rashford was expected to be the odd man out.

However, an impressive international debut in the 2-1 friendly win over Australia was enough for the Manchester United teenager to book a spot in France.

It was thought Sturridge wouldn’t make the squad if Rashford was picked, but Hodgson has stuck by the Liverpool man despite his lingering fitness concerns.

Not heading across the channel are Fabian Delph, Andros Townsend and Danny Drinkwater, the latter of whom was an integral part of Leicester City’s shock Premier League triumph.

Host nation France remain $4 favourites in the Euro 2016 outright betting at Sportsbet.com.au despite a string of late changes.

Raphael Varane, Lassana Diarra and Jeremy Mathieu are all out with injury, while Mamadou Sakho was dropped after serving a 30-day provisional ban for a failed drug test.

In are Man United’s Morgan Schneiderlin, Sevilla’s Adil Rami and Lyon’s Samuel Umtiti.

Karim Benzema has not taken his exclusion quietly, citing racism as the reason for France coach Didier Deschamps’ decision.

The Real Madrid striker was removed from consideration due to his alleged attempts to blackmail Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, who was also left out.

But Benzema has echoed former France star Eric Cantona’s view that Deschamps conceded to right-wing political agendas by snubbing him and Hatem Ben Arfa, both of whom are of African descent.

“He has bowed to the pressure of a racist part of France,” he told the Spanish press.

“He has to know that in France the extremist party reached the second round in the last two elections.

“I do not know, therefore, whether it is a decision only for Didier because I’ve gotten along with him, with the president, everyone.”

Benzema isn’t the only Madrid-based star who will be watching the Euros from afar this summer.

Both Saul Niguez and Isco were among the casualties as Vicente del Bosque announced Spain’s final 23, while Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin was called up to replace the injured Dani Carvajal.

Meanwhile, Germany coach Joachim Low cited ongoing fitness issues as the reason behind the surprise omission of Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus, who was rated a $34 chance at Sportsbet to top score for the tournament.

“The medical staff could not give a clear prognosis for Marco,” Low told the media.

“He has massive injury problems and the medical staff was very sceptical about his ability to last through the coming weeks and such a gruelling tournament.

“It is a bitter decision and bitter for Marco.”

There was much better news for veteran forward Robbie Keane, who was included in Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland squad, while Crystal Palace midfielder Joe Ledley was named for Wales after making a miraculous recovery from a broken leg.

2016 Euros outright odds

France – $4

Germany – $5

Spain – $6.50

England – $9

Belgium – $12

Portugal – $15

Italy – $19

Croatia – $26

Austria, Poland, Russia – $41

Switzerland – $51

Turkey, Wales – $81

Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Ukraine – $101

Czech Republic – $126

Romania, Slovakia – $151

Hungary – $401

Albania, Northern Ireland – $501

Odds provided by www.Sportsbet.com.au

Complete Euro 2016 squad lists

France

Benoit Costil, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda

Lucas Digne, Patrice Evra, Christophe Jallet, Laurent Koscielny, Eliaquim Mangala, Adil Rami, Bacary Sagna, Samuel Umtiti

Yohan Cabaye, N’Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, Morgan Schneiderlin, Moussa Sissoko

Kingsley Coman, Andre-Pierre Gignac, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Anthony Martial, Dimitri Payet

Germany

Bernd Leno, Manuel Neuer, Marc-Andre ter Stegen

Jerome Boateng, Emre Can, Jonas Hector, Benedikt Howedes, Mats Hummels, Shkodran Mustafi, Antonio Rudiger

Julian Draxler, Sami Khedira, Joshua Kimmich, Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller, Mesut Ozil, Lukas Podolski, Andre Schurrle, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Julian Weigl

Mario Gomez, Mario Gotze, Leroy Sane

Spain

Iker Casillas, David de Gea, Sergio Rico

Jordi Alba, Cesar Azpilicueta, Marc Bartra, Hector Bellerin, Juanfran, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Mikel San Jose

Bruno, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Koke, Pedro, David Silva, Thiago

Aritz Aduriz, Alvaro Morata, Nolito, Lucas Vazquez

England

Fraser Forster, Joe Hart, Tom Heaton

Ryan Bertrand, Gary Cahill, Nathaniel Clyne, Danny Rose, Chris Smalling, John Stones, Kyle Walker

Dele Alli, Ross Barkley, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, James Milner, Raheem Sterling, Jack Wilshere

Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Jamie Vardy

Belgium

Thibaut Courtois, Jean-Francois Gillet, Simon Mignolet

Toby Alderweireld, Laurent Ciman, Jason Denayer, Christian Kabasele, Jordan Lukaku, Thomas Meunier, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Vermaelen

Mousa Dembele, Marouane Fellaini, Radja Nainggolan, Axel Witsel

Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Yannick Carrasco, Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Divock Origi

Portugal

Anthony Lopes, Eduardo, Rui Patricio

Bruno Alves, Ricardo Carvalho, Cedric, Eliseu, Jose Fonte, Raphael Guerrero, Pepe, Vieirinha

William Carvalho, Andre Gomes, Joao Mario, Joao Moutinho, Danilo Pereira, Renato Sanches, Adrien Silva

Eder, Nani, Rafa, Ricardo Quaresma, Cristiano Ronaldo

Italy

Gianluigi Buffon, Federico Marchetti, Salvatore Sirigu

Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio Chiellini, Angelo Ogbonna

Federico Bernadeschi, Antonio Candreva, Matteo Darmian, Daniele De Rossi, Mattia De Sciglio, Stephan El Shaarawy, Alessandro Florenzi, Emanuele Giaccherini, Thiago Motta, Marco Parolo, Stefano Sturaro

Eder, Ciro Immobile, Lorenzo Insigne, Graziano Pelle, Simone Zaza

Croatia

Danijel Subasic, Lovre Kalinic, Ivan Vargic

Vedran Corluka, Tin Jedvaj, Gordon Schildenfeld, Darijo Srna, Ivan Strinic, Domagoj Vida, Sime Vrsaljko

Milan Badelj, Marcelo Brozovic, Ante Coric, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Ivan Perisic, Ivan Rakitic, Marko Rog

Duje Cop, Nikola Kalinic, Andrej Kramaric, Mario Mandzukic, Marko Pjaca

Austria

Robert Almer, Heinz Linder, Ramazan Ozcan

Aleksandar Dragovic, Christian Fuchs, Martin Hinteregger, Florian Klein, Sebastian Prodl, Markus Suttner, Kevin Wimmer

David Alaba, Julian Baumgartlinger, Gyorgy Garics, Stefan Ilsanker, Jakob Jantscher, Zlatko Junuzovic, Alessandro Schopf

Marko Arnautovic, Martin Harnik, Lukas Hinterseer, Marc Janko, Rubin Okotie, Marcel Sabitzer

Poland

Wojciech Szczesny, Artur Boruc, Lukas Fabianski

Thiago Cionek, Kamil Glik, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Tomasz Jodlowiec, Michal Pazdan, Lukas Piszczek, Bartosz Salamon, Jakub Wawrzyniak

Jakub Blaszczykowski, Kamil Grosicki, Bartosz Kapustka, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Karol Linetty, Krzysztof Maczynski, Slawomir Peszko, Piotr Zielinski

Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Filip Starzynski, Mariusz Stepinski

Russia

Igor Akinfeev, Guilherme Alvim Marinato, Yuri Lodygin

Aleksei Berezutski, Vasili Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevic, Roman Neustaedter, Georgi Schennikov, Roman Shishkin, Igor Smolnikov

Igor Denisov, Denis Glushakov, Aleksandr Golovin, Oleg Ivanov, Dmitri Kombarov, Pavel Mamaev, Aleksandr Samedov, Oleg Shatov, Roman Shirokob, Dmitri Torbinski

Artem Dzyuba, Aleksandr Kokorin, Fedor Smolov

Switzerland

Yann Sommer, Roman Burki, Marwin Hitz

Johan Djourou, Nico Elvedi, Michael Lang, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Francois Moubandje, Ricardo Rodriguez, Fabian Schar, Steve von Bergen

Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili, Gelson Fernandes, Fabian Frei, Granit Xhaka, Denis Zakaria

Eren Derdiyok, Breel Embolo, Admir Mehmedi, Haris Seferovic, Xherdan Shaqiri, Shani Tarashaj

Turkey

Harun Tekin, Onur Kivrat, Volkan Babacan

Ahmet Calik, Gokhan Gonul, Hakan Balta, Ismail Koybasi, Semih Kaya, Sener Ozbayrakli

Arda Turan, Caner Erkin, Hakan Calhanoglu, Mehmet Topal, Nuri Sahin, Oguzhan Ozyakup, Olcay Sahan, Ozan Tufan, Selcuk Inan, Volkan Sen, Yunus Malli

Burak Yilmaz, Cenk Tosun, Emre Mor

Wales

Wayne Hennessey, Danny Ward, Owain Williams

James Chester, James Collins, Ben Davies, Chris Gunter, Ashley Richards, Neil Taylor, Ashley Williams

Joe Allen, David Edwards, Andy King, Joe Ledley, Aaron Ramsey, David Vaughan, Jonathan Williams

Gareth Bale, Simon Church, David Cotterill, Hal Robson-Kanu, Sam Vokes, George Williams

Iceland

Hannes Haldorsson, Ingvar Jonsson, Ogmundur Kristinsson

Elmar Bjarnason, Haukur Heidar Hauksson, Hjortur Hermannsson, Sverrir Ingason, Hordur Magnusson, Birkir Saevarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Ari Skulason, Arnor Ingvi Traustason

Kari Arnason, Birkir Bjarnason, Aron Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfredsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Runar Mar Sigurjonsson

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson, Alfred Finnbogason, Eidur Gudjohnsen, Johann Gudmundsson, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson

Republic of Ireland

Shay Given, Darren Randolph, Kieren Westwood

Cyrus Christie, Ciaran Clark, Seamus Coleman, Shane Duffy, Richard Keogh, John O’Shea, Stephen Ward

Robbie Brady, Jeff Hendrick, Wes Hoolahan, James McCarthy, James McClean, Aiden McGeady, David Meyler, Stephen Quinn, Glenn Whelan

Robbie Keane, Shane Long, Daryl Murphy, Jon Walters

Sweden

Patrik Carlgren, Andreas Isaksson, Robin Olsen

Ludwig Augustinsson, Andreas Granqvist, Pontus Jansson, Erik Johansson, Victor Lindelof, Mikael Lustig, Martin Olsson

Jimmy Durmaz, Albin Ekdal, Erkan Zengin, Emil Forsberg, Oscar Hiljemark, Kim Kallstrom, Sebastian Larsson, Oscar Lewicki, Pontus Wernbloom

Marcus Berg, John Guidetti, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Emir Kujovic

Ukraine

Denys Boyko, Andriy Pyatov, Mykyta Shevchenko

Bohdan Butko, Artem Fedetskiy, Yevhen Khacheridi, Olexandr Kucher, Yaroslav Rakistkiy, Vyacheslav Shevchuk

Denys Garmash, Oleksandr Karavayev, Yevhen Konoplyanka, Viktor Kovalenko, Ruslan Rotan, Serhiy Rybalka, Taras Stepanenko, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Oleksandr Zinchenko

Pylyp Budkivskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov, Andriy Yarmolenko, Roman Zozulya

Czech Republic

Petr Cech, Tomas Koubek, Tomas Vaclik

Theodor Gebre Selassie, Roman Hubnik, Pavel Kaderabek, Michal Kadlec, David Limbersky, Tomas Sivok, Marek Suchy

Vladimir Darida, Borek Dockal, Daniel Kolar, Ladislav Krejci, David Pavelka, Jaroslav Plasil, Daniel Pudil, Tomas Rosicky, Jiri Skalak

David Lafata, Tomas Necid, Milan Skoda, Josef Sural

Romania

Silviu Lung, Costel Pantilimon, Ciprian Tatarusanu

Vlad Chiriches, Valerica Gaman, Dragos Grigore, Alexandru Matel, Cosmin Moti, Razvan Rat, Cristian Sapunaru

Alexandru Chipciu, Steliano Filip, Ovidiu Hoban, Mihai Pintilii, Andrei Prepelita, Lucian Sanmartean, Nicolae Stanciu, Gabriel Torje

Denis Alibec, Florin Andone, Claudiu Keseru, Adrian Popa, Bogdan Stancu

Slovakia

Matus Kozacik, Jan Mucha, Jan Novota

Jan Durica, Norbert Gyomber, Tomas Hubocan, Peter Pekarik, Kornel Salata, Milan Skriniar, Martin Skrtel

Andrej Duda, Jan Gregus, Marek Hamsik, Patrik Hrosovsky, Juraj Kucka, Robert Mak, Viktor Pecovksy, Miroslav Stoch, Dusan Svento, Vladimir Weiss

Michal Duris, Adam Nemec, Stanislav Sestak

Hungary

Denes Dibusz, Peter Gulacsi, Gabor Kiraly

Barnabas Bese, Attila Fiola, Richard Guzmics, Ronald Juhasz, Tamas Kadar, Mihaly Korhut, Adam Lang, Adam Pinter

Balazs Dzsudzsak, Akos Elek, Laszlo Kleinheisler, Adam Nagy, Zoltan Stieber

Daniel Bode, Zoltan Gera, Gergo Lovrencsics, Krisztian Nemeth, Nemanja Nikolic, Tamas Priskin, Adam Szalai

Albania

Etrit Berisha, Albin Hoxha, Orges Shehi

Ansi Agolli, Arlind Ajeti, Naser Aliji, Elseid Hysaj, Andi Lila, Mergim Mavraj, Frederic Veseli

Amir Abrashi, Migjen Basha, Lorik Cana, Ergys Kace, Burim Kukeli, Ermir Lenjani, Ledian Memushaj, Odise Roshi, Taulant Xhaka

Bekim Balaj, Sokol Cikalleshi, Shkelzen Gashi, Armando Sadiku

Northern Ireland

Roy Carroll, Alan Mannus, Michael McGovern

Chris Baird, Craig Cathcart, Jonny Evans, Lee Hodson, Aaron Hughes, Gareth McAuley, Luke McCullough, Conor McLaughlin, Paddy McNair

Stuart Dallas, Steven Davis, Corry Evans, Shane Ferguson, Josh Maggenis, Oliver Norwood, Jamie Ward

Will Grigg, Kyle Lafferty, Niall McGinn, Conor Washington