It will therefore be Australia for the Blues!
The Australians won their qualification for the 2022 World Cup by beating Peru in the play-off after a penalty shootout (0-0, 5-4) in… Doha in the play-off match.
The "Socceroos" complete Group D, which already included France, Denmark and Tunisia.
Here's what to remember from the Australia team.
A sixth participation
After a great obstacle course, the Socceroos, 42nd nation in the world, 3rd in their qualifying group and winners of a pre-dam against the United Arab Emirates before eliminating Peru, offered themselves a sixth participation in a World Cup final phase.
But Australians are used to it.
“We like this feeling of having our backs against the wall, explains coach Graham Arnold.
I instilled in these guys that sometimes you don't play well but you can always win by fighting, running, chasing and being aggressive.
And that too can be a success…” In their previous five attempts, the Australians have never done better than a round of 16 in 2006.
The Blues have been warned
Bis repetita… Before being crowned world champions in Russia four years ago, the Blues had sweated blood and water against the Australians in a group match.
At the Kazan Arena, France had to wait until the 81st minute to finally make the difference (2-1) after a more than laborious match.
Deschamps' men thought they had done the hardest part by opening the scoring on a penalty from Griezmann (58th) but were joined five minutes later on a penalty from captain Jedinak after a handball from Umtiti in the tricolor area.
It then took a somewhat lucky goal from Pogba (shot deflected by a defender on the bar before entering the goal in extremis) to give victory to France.
A beautiful memory for Benzema
Big favorite for the next Golden Ball (which will be awarded before the World Cup in Qatar), Karim Benzema has a little history with Australia.
And not so anecdotal as that.
October 11, 2013. After six years of absence from the Parc des Princes, France receives Australia in the den of PSG.
A friendly blue-white-red ride that ended in a scathing 6-0.
Move along, nothing to see.
Or almost.
Because for Benzema, this Parisian autumn evening has a special flavor.
After 1,222 minutes without scoring a single goal for the national team, the Real Madrid striker finally finds the net in the 51st minute, six minutes after coming on. He scores the 6th and final goal with a flat right foot on a center of Ribéry and is immediately chambered by the public ("He scored, he scored"), to which he responds with applause.