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France have taken measures to try to deal with a virus that has disrupted their preparations for Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina

Several France players have caught colds, the French Football Federation said, as the team prepares for the World Cup final against Argentina, with defenders Raphaël Varane and Ibrahima Konaté the latest to fall ill on Friday. FRANCE 24’s special correspondents report from Qatar on this mystery illness.

Ibrahima Konaté excelled for France, while Morocco’s captain, Romain Saïss, was unfit, well off the pace and soon withdrawn

Deschamps’ side came up with the bare minimum against Morocco, yet Argentina will worry about their ruthlessness

France will play Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final after ending Morocco’s fairytale run with a 2-0 win in the semi-final

Raphaël Varane has drawn on his experience with assurance and leadership during France’s run to the World Cup semi-finals in Qatar

Adrien Rabiot has warned England not to fixate on stopping Kylian Mbappé and has admitted France are wary of the set-piece threat posed by Gareth Southgate’s side

Australia coach Graham Arnold will rely on his players to have each other’s backs when they meet the millionaire world champions

A fine first-half Mohamed Salah double was followed by a trademark charge from Tottenham with a Harry Kane goal but Liverpool held on to win 2-1

Mohamed Salah and Darwin Núñez scored late on to give Liverpool a 2-0 win against Napoli although the Anfield side still finished second in Group A

If Liverpool are hoping to finally reverse the worrying trend that has been harming their season, they could hardly come up against worse opponents than the champions