Philippe Auclair

It will depend on the kind of tactical setup that Deschamps uses.

You would imagine that there are some players that he will not be able to leave out, and that's Dembélé and Mbappé.

And I would say myself, Michael Ollissé, but I'm not even sure about that.

It would be possible, perhaps, if Kylian accepted to go on the left wing rather than stay in the middle, to have a team like you would have Beppe...

Dembele, Doué and Olissé behind them, which I have to say, I quite like the sound of that.

And with the possibility of Chucky coming from the bench as a number 10, plus Barcola as a joker, you think that's brilliant.

So yes, it's who do you leave out in attack, but I maintain that we do have problems at the back.

Honestly, players like Diote Upamecano and Ibrahima Konate do not really inspire confidence.

Again, had pretty difficult season in the case of Konate.

There is still the problem of right back.

despite, you know, the best, you know, Jules Koundé being very good in some ways, in many ways, in fact, and people were actually saying maybe we should have Warren Zairem rippling at that.

You know, it's the defence and the midfield, for me, are not as strong as they have been in the past.

Attacking-wise, yes, it's probably one of the strongest French teams ever, on potential and paper.

But it's not a balanced team.

And that's why I don't think that France can be seen as the out-and-out favourite for the competition.

One thing as well is that I think the most fluid and fluent performance I've seen from France recently was in the friendly against Colombia.

You know, they went to America, they played Brazil with what I would call the A team.

And then he used the A plus B players for the game against Colombia.

wearing, by the way, the most magnificent kit that I've seen a French team play in for a very long time, reminiscent of the 1982 legendary team.

And they looked fantastic.