France has a great reserve of players – will the goalscoring king of the games also present himself in the evening?

France opens its World Cup campaign on Tuesday with suitable opposition. Reigning soccer world champions France open their 2022 final tournament against Australia today. Christopher Nkunku, Presnel Kimpembé, Karim Benzema, Mike Maignan, N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba. No, this is not an outline of France’s possible opening for the first match of the tournament, but a list of key players missing from the squad due to injuries. Not many countries could endure a similar list of injuries without having to throw all their hopes of success in the scrap heap. The absence of Kanté-Pogba, the dominant duo in the midfield, is especially noticeable. The Tchouameni-Rabiot pairing is quite good, but still from a different planet compared to Kantése and Pogba, who are fully fit. Despite these shortcomings, France is practically the third-fourth favorite of the tournament. It tells everything about the essential material of the earth.

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