France manager Didier Deschamps chose to leave Arsenal's William Saliba on the bench in favour of Dayot Upamecano and Ibrahima Konate as part of a back four.
Saliba has been brilliant for the Gunners in the Premier League this season and many were surprised when he was named on the bench for France's World Cup opener against Australia.
And the negative reaction to his omission from the team ramped up significantly when Australia took a shock lead after just nine minutes when Craig Goodwin converted a cross at the back post.
