France has proven to be exactly what many thought it would be at the 2026 World Cup, with Didier Deschamps’s side in fine fettle heading into the knockout stages.
A slow start against Senegal on Matchday 1 was quickly forgotten after Michael Olise and Kylian Mbappé combined, with the devastating nature of the attack at Deschamps’s disposal coming to the fore in all three of its group games.