Les Bleuets lost 2-1 to South Korea in their first game at the U20 World Cup. Landry Chauvin's players were too clumsy offensively and defensively to avoid.
The young French will have an opportunity to catch up against Gambia, before facing Honduras on Sunday. But they no longer have the right to make mistakes if they want to go further at the tournament. The tournament is not played on FIFA dates, as the regulations allow - the competition is not held on those dates.