The 2022 WORLD Cup main stage grouping has been released, and the defending champions France are placed in Group D, with opponents including Denmark, Tunisia and a play-off winner team. The French team is strong and sits on the two major fronts of Mbappe and Benzema, and the three lines are strong, but the midfield led by Pogba is in mediocre state, and the French team has a tradition of infighting, and it is often they who can beat the Gaul rooster.
Superstar-born Gallic rooster Belated World Cup glory
The origin of French football is very early, can be regarded as the world's earliest to carry out football in the country, in 1904 the first international friendly match, the World Cup France team in 1930 the first tournament to participate, of which Laurent also scored the first goal in the history of the World Cup, the first five World Cups in addition to the absence in 1950, the rest of the competition failed to break through the quarterfinals stage.
In 1958, the French team ushered in the first real superstar, that is, Fontaine, who created a single 13-goal record that no one in the World Cup has been able to break so far, and the 1958 World Cup in Sweden France has an outstanding record, of which Fontaine shined in the first game against the Ula team to score 3 goals, and then although the semi-final defeated Brazil, the third place battle Fontaine scored 4 goals, and finally won the Golden Boot with 13 goals in a single World Cup, and france also created the third best record in the World Cup.
After Fontaine, French football fell into a trough again, missing three World Cup matches, but the appearance of a superstar once again raised the height of French football, that is, Platini, who is known as the most talented midfield master in European history, has not had a brilliant record in 1982, france team, reached the semi-finals in the Spanish World Cup, and played a classic 3-3 battle with West Germany. In 1986, Platini made a comeback, won the title of European Footballer of the Year for three consecutive years, was the most anticipated player in this World Cup, and even exceeded Maradona's attention, but this time he lost to West Germany in the semi-finals, and the French team created by Platini ended a glorious period, and still failed to realize the dream of winning the World Cup.
After experiencing the trough of not qualifying for the World Cup in 1990 and 1994, France ushered in the hosting of the World Cup on its home soil in 1998, and despite having a super defensive line and midfield, the French team's young offensive line Henri Trezeguet was difficult to pick, and the French team was not optimistic. However, with super defense and home advantage to reach the final, in the face of the powerful Brazil, the French team was not optimistic with Zidane's two headers, helped France win the first World Cup title, Zidane became the third generation of French superstars. Zidane's final performance in 2006 led France to the final again.
The 2018 World Cup France team is different from the previous competitions, and there is no real core player, but France has entered a period of genius blowout, Mbappe, Pogba, Kante, Griezmann midfield talented, the back line performance is stable and finally won the championship again, the number of World Cup titles of the French team came to two. He first participated in the World Cup in 1930, but waited 68 years for the first time to win the cup in 1998, which is also the longest wait in the world of all World Cup champions, and the first and second crowns are also the longest 20 years apart.
The blackened French team The disappearance of artistic football
When it comes to the French team, more people think of art football, such as Platini and Zidane, and the other point is that the French team is fully "blackened", and it is this change that makes the disappearance of art football, and the change in France has a lot to do with its special history. In the final line-up of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, there were only three black players, Desailly, Thuram and Kalamb, and they all appeared on the defensive line. Coming to the 2018 World Cup final, there is Umtiti in the starting lineup, Pogba, Kante and Matuidi in the midfielders, all black players, and Mbappe on the front line.
The 2022 Fifa World Cup France squad still has a large number of black players, Kimpembe and Varane in the back line, midfielders Pogba, Kante, Camaringa, Joe Ameni, and kyrendra Mbappe, Koman and Diabi in the front. Today's French team and the previous slow reliance on the rhythm of the traditional France has a big difference, fast, simple impact play is the current mainstream tactics in France, sitting on Kylian Mbappe, Koman and Dembele and other speed players, in terms of physical talent, France is currently the only existence of world football.
Without the midfield of the rhythm master, it does not mean that France's current midfield strength is declining, Pogba and Kante partner has been the main framework of France in recent times, the two have formed a combination of attack and defense at their peak, and now both of them have a slight decline in state, Kante's running ability is not as good as the peak period, Pogba is not stable enough, and the midfielder has repeatedly become the initiation point of the opponent's counterattack. The front line is still the biggest attraction of the French team, compared with 2018, the attack has been upgraded again, Mbappe is more mature and has the tendency to become the world's first man, and Benzema, who has been away from the national team for many years, has made a strong return, although he was out early at the European Cup, Benzema's return debut has conquered everyone, coupled with the amazing performance of the recent Champions League hat-trick, in addition to Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Koeman and other good players, France currently has the world's first attack line.
There is a tradition of infighting that defeats France is often its own
Despite their talent and talent, the French team is always infighting in the big game, and the talented stars are not convinced of each other, and even the coach is helpless. In 2002, the French World Cup group stage, which has the top scorers of the three major leagues, did not score a goal in the group stage, in 2006, it was the discord between Henry and Zidane, and the 2010 World Cup in South Africa broke out of the earth-shattering scandal, due to the contradiction between many players and coaches, and then there was a boycott, and finally the World Cup France group stage returned home. At Euro 2012, Nasri, Ben Alpha and Diarra had many verbal altercations, and head coach Blanco also made racist remarks. Benzema was in good shape at the time of the 2014 World Cup, but has since been forced to withdraw from the national team due to his involvement in the Valbuela "video incident", most recently Euro 2021 Mbappe and Olivier Giroud, Olivier Giroud and Benzema, Pogba and Rabiot have all had serious clashes.
The 2022 World Cup France still has the hidden danger of infighting, first of all, the front line of the platoon, according to the current state, Benzema and Mbappe will occupy two starting positions. Benzema is now arguably the best organiser, ball maker and finisher in football, and his recent Champions League super-performances have justified himself and are a strong contender for the Ballon d'Or. There are certain problems with the coexistence of Mbappe, mbappe is currently rising strongly, but in terms of strength should still be under Benzema, the tactical arrangement of the core of the attack in the front has become the key. If It is said that Benzema has not yet proved himself to C Ronaldo in the past, but now it has been shown that it is the existence of today's single arrow, and there are opportunities to compete for the Ballon d'Or, it is obviously reluctant to commit to playing the deputy, and Mbappe is more expected that this World Cup France can take himself as the core, and the distribution of the ball in the front court will be the key. In addition, there are two unsatisfactory Griezmann and Dembele, both of whom want to be the core of the play, if anyone in the front court can not make sacrifices, the French attack will not be too smooth.
The key to the midfield is still in Pogba, with a very outstanding talent, but also a time bomb-like existence, no coach dares to give up a player like Pogba, but if the offensive end slows down the pace when the playing state is sluggish, the defensive end is almost no contribution, and the repeated midfield mistakes allow the opponent to fight back, and the contradiction between Rabiot and Pogba is generated in this way. In addition to the contradictions between the players, there are also the contradictions between the players and the coaches, the infighting of the French team does not know what farce there is in the World Cup, and it is often themselves who beat the French team.
The 2022 World Cup is tied to the knockout field hard battle
This World Cup France is the second favorite to win the championship, second only to Brazil, which has not won the cup for a long time, perhaps a major factor restricting france's higher odds, is the curse of the defending world cup champion, after Brazil successfully defended the title in 1962, no team has been able to successfully defend the world cup. France is placed in Group C, with Denmark, Tunisia and a play-off team. It should be said that the group stage France will not encounter too much test, although Denmark has reached the top four of the European Championship, but there is still a gap from France, the other two teams are difficult to create a threat, the French team is likely to win the first place to advance.
After entering the knockout round, France's signing luck is not ideal, the first opponent is the second in Group C, according to the comparison of strength is likely to be produced between Poland and Mexico, both teams are hard bones, France team despite the strength of the superior but will still be in a battle. The first big test opponent in the quarterfinals is likely to be the championship favorite England team, today's England genius blowout strength is rapidly improving, Britain and France if the eight finals are expected to dedicate the classic, if France can continue to advance in the semi-finals will encounter Belgium, Portugal, the latter Croatia, and will be a Mars hit the earth-like duel, it can be said that the French team can not have the slightest mistake in the knockout match.