France will hope to qualify for the knockout stages of the FIFA World Cup on Monday evening, when they face Iraq in Philadelphia. Didier Deschamps' side began their tournament last week with a 3-1 win against Senegal in what was a proverbial game of two halves.

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Ayyoub Bouaddi has been linked with Arsenal, Paris St-Germain and Liverpool Olivier Giroud knows a prodigious talent when he sees one. "I played with Kylian Mbappe when he was 18," the BBC Sport pundit said.

Despite France's well-established pecking order, a sluggish first-half display in the 3-1 win over Senegal at the World ​Cup may have offered hope to those on the fringes ‌of Didier Deschamps' starting lineup,

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland each had standout performances as their respective teams opened World Cup play on Tuesday, June 16.

"There was no worse choice for our confidence than choosing Spain," Toulalan said. "The federation goes where the wind blows and is doing nothing to help us. I have never felt so