France pair Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele have been hammered by French newspaper L’Equipe, with neither player receiving a player rating for their performance in the World Cup Final, while the referee was awarded just ‘2/10’.
Dembele gave away a penalty and was substituted after 41 minutes of the Final, with L’Equipe describing his performance as “40 minutes unworthy of a World Cup final”. Giroud, who was taken off at the same time, was also criticised as L’Equipe said: “The striker did not see the light of day against an Argentine defence”.
