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Euro 2024 power rankings: a look at the 24 teams going to Germany

Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz
(Left to right) Mykhailo Mudryk, Jude Bellingham and Florian Wirtz are set to star this summer. Composite: Getty Images

1) France

This was not a vintage window for Didier Deschamps’ side with a home defeat against Germany followed up by a shaky 3-2 win against Chile in Marseille. The captain, Kylian Mbappé, had a difficult few days and the absence of Antoine Griezmann, who missed his first France games for seven years because of injury, was clearly felt. There were positives, however, with the 18-year-old Warren Zaïre-Emery having a good game against Germany and Randal Kolo Muani scoring and assisting against Chile. Deschamps made nine changes for the second game with William Saliba getting a rare start in Marseille, even though the coach had said beforehand that the Arsenal player “does things he doesn’t like”. Still the team to beat. Marcus Christenson

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