France’s brilliant attack took them smoothly through the World Cup group stages, but coach Didier Deschamps still has issues to sort out on his team’s left side ahead of Tuesday’s round of 32 with Sweden.
France finished top of Group I with a perfect record, scoring 10 goals in wins over Senegal, Iraq and Norway, with Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Michael Olise making them perhaps the tournament’s most devastating attacking unit.
The knockout stage is another test. But apart from the 2022 final against Argentina, France has not lost a knockout match at the World Cup since 2014.
Can Sweden cause a stir? We’ll have to wait and see as the match is scheduled for less than two hours.
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