Coincidence or coincidence, the road towards Qatar passes Saturday evening (8:45 p.m., M6) through the Parc des Princes for the French team. It is within the confines of Paris SG, held by Qatari bosses since 2011, that Didier Deschamps' men intend to validate their ticket for the great international raid scheduled in a little over a year (21 November -18 December). If a draw may be enough - depending on the result between Bosnia and Finland scheduled for Saturday afternoon - the world champions only think of finishing the job with a victory against the 125th world nation (the trip to Helsinki on Tuesday at the end of the qualifications would become anecdotal) after a rather well controlled qualification campaign (3 wins and 3 draws in 6 days) in the face of more than relative adversity.Not to say ultra-feeble.
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Qualifying rankings for the 2022 World Cup
The 2022 World Cup qualifying calendar
But recent history bears witness to the difficulties that great footballing nations can encounter in extricating themselves from the pitfalls in a calendar.
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