France got through to the knockout stages of the World Cup without too much difficulty, but things are about to get considerably tougher for them. twoht on their bid for glory in Qatar.
If there’s one thing that we can say for certain about the 2022 World Cup so far from a footballing perspective, it’s that there has been very little consistency. No team put in masterful performances in all three group games, while a couple of big hitters may count themselves a little fortunate to have scraped through the group stages at all.Tunisia beat France 1-0
And if the Tunisia result demonstrated anything at all, it was that while France have an outstanding first eleven, they lack strength in depth. A couple of injuries to key players could set them quite a long way off course, and with the draw for the knockout stages having not been particularly kind to them beyond the second round, the quality of their bench will only become more important as the tournament progresses.
But if there were ever any doubts to be had over this France team, they were never focused on the attack. Five of the defenders in their squad have made fewer than ten appearances at international level, while Spurs supporters will attest that goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has had something of an accident-prone season so far in the Premier League.
France are expected to get through that game, and presuming they do so they then face either an England team that has rediscovered a little form or a Senegal side that would surely arrive for such a game with something approaching a tidal wave of momentum behind them for what would likely become a de facto away match for France., and none of Morocco, Spain, Portugal or Switzerland would be considered pushovers.
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