Above all, do not ask the players of the France team if they find any similarities between the group of 2022 and that of 2018. You would be entitled to an agreed, boring, prepared answer, according to which it is useless to compare eras.
“It's a new story”
,
“there are other players”
,
“the contexts are different”
… This is the discourse delivered by Didier Deschamps and his men to the many media present in Qatar.
A position that gets along and also testifies to the desire not to ignite too quickly.
As the other would say, comparison is not reason.
After two matches, two victories, a qualification in the pocket and a first place almost assured (Australia must atomize Denmark and at the same time France loses largely against Tunisia to lose its place of leader), the tableau is just perfect for titleholders.
Argentina, England, Belgium or even Germany would dream of such a situation.
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