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Unsurprisingly, Didier Deschamps will trust his executives this Sunday on the lawn of the Al-Thumama stadium in Doha for the round of 16 against Poland.
Left to rest during the defeat of the apprentice hairdressers on Wednesday against Tunisia (1-0), Hugo Lloris (who will equal Lilian Thuram's selection record), Jules Koundé, Dayot Upamecano, Théo Hernandez, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembélé, Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud will all be back and lined up from the start.
With the poor performance of the substitutes, except Ibrahima Konaté, attractive and solid against the Carthage Eagles, Deschamps' choices are now much simpler.
Theo Hernandez, spared on Friday, returned to training for the Blues on Saturday.
The world champions have started their full match-watch training.
Hernandez had been released as a precaution on Friday with a bruised left ankle, but was expected to join his teammates on Saturday.
The Blues have a squad of 24 players, including three goalkeepers, to start this knockout stage.
Griezmann's position still essential against Poland on Sunday
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Faced with logically outsider Poles, the defending champions will play in 4-2-3-1 when they have the ball, before switching to 4-3-3, with Griezmann back in the heart of the game, in the defensive phase.
A game system that had worked against Australia (4-1), then Denmark (2-1).
See you Sunday at 4 p.m.