France are one of the teams with the strongest squad in the 2018 World Cup. Les Bleus will start their gait in Group C with an Australian challenge at Kazan Arena on Saturday (16/6).
France wants an ideal start. That could be the beginning of their proof of ambition, which had previously failed to win the 2016 EURO as host.
The skill possessed by Didier Deschamps is inhabited by talented players, probably one of the best since 1998. However, the preparations of France are slightly disrupted ahead of Australia's contra game. Attacker Kylian Mbappe suffered an injury during training and his condition is still in doubt.
Only, it is believed will not reduce the power of France. The reason, there are still players like Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante in the middle, and Nabil Fekir, Olivier Giroud and of course Antoine Griezmann in the front row.
Meanwhile, there are no injury problems in the Australian camp. Coach Bert van Marwijk can concoct his best composition.
One of Australia's players to watch out for is Tim Cahill. Cahill has scored for Australia in three World Cup editions. If you can score in Russia 2018, then the veteran attacker will join Uwe Seeler, Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo and Miroslav Klose as players who scored in four editions of the World Cup. But the former Everton player is likely to start the game off the bench.