Dedura earns Lithuania recall

FC Spartak Moskva defender Ignas Dedura has earned a recall to the Lithuania squad for their UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifier against France in Nantes on 17 October.

Stankevicius sidelined
Coach Algimantas Liubinskas recalled Dedura as a replacement for Marius Stankevicius, who broke his collarbone in Glasgow during Lithuania's qualifier against Scotland on 8 September. FC Rostov forward Robertas Poškus is also out injured with Tadas Labukas drafted in to strengthen Lithuania's attacking options. Deividas Cesnauskis is also sidelined, enabling Vytautas Luksa of FK Vilnius to receive his first call-up to the senior squad, which has been reduced to 24 players after UEFA rejected Saulius Mikoliunas's appeal against a two-match ban imposed for deceiving the referee in the Scotland match.

Lithuania squad
Goalkeepers: Žydrunas Karčemarskas (FC Dinamo Moskva), Paulius Grybauskas (FC Otelul Galati), Marius Rapalis (FK Žalgiris Vilnius).

Defenders: Ignas Dedura (FC Spartak Moskva), Arunas Klimavičius (MFK Dinamo Moskva), Andrius Skerla (Korona Kielce), Tomas Zvirgzdauskas (Halmstads BK), Vidas Alunderis (Zagłębie Lubin), Gediminas Paulauskas (FK Ekranas), Alfredas Skroblas (FK Ekranas), Kestutis Ivaskevicius (Heart of Midlothian FC).

Midfielders: Deividas Šemberas (PFC CSKA Moskva), Audrius Kšanavicius (Heart of Midlothian FC), Mindaugas Kalonas (FC Kuban Krasnodar), Aurimas Kučys (FK Daugava), Igoris Morinas (FK Žalgiris Vilnius), Mantas Savenas (FK Ekranas), Vytautas Luksa (FK Vilnius).

Forwards: Tomas Danilevicius (Bologna FC), Edgaras Jankauskas (AEK Larnaca FC), Tomas Radzinevicius (SK Dynamo České Budějovice), Andrius Velička (Heart of Midlothian FC), Ricardas Beniušis (Heart of Midlothian FC), Tadas Labukas (FC Otelul Galati).