That this brilliant display came four
years to the day since the French squad went on strike in South Africa
throws the result into even sharper relief. This
time everything is clicking and they will win Group E, thus likely
avoiding Argentina in the second round, unless something dramatic
occurs. The only other time France won both their opening games at a
World Cup was in 1998, and we know what happened after that.
Goals from Olivier Giroud, Blaise
Matuidi, Mathieu Valbuena, Karim Benzema and Moussa Sissoko saw Ottmar
Hitzfeld’s team destroyed in Salvador and promoted France to genuine
title contenders.
It
certainly seems a lifetime since Didier Deschamps’s side were 2-0 down
to Ukraine in the play-offs for this World Cup and on the verge of
missing the tournament altogether.
[ Source - DailyMotion ] >>
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