France’s INJURY-LOADED Squad fight against all odds to enter 2022 FIFA World Cup Final, create 60-year-old history

France’s INJURY-LOADED Squad fight against all odds to enter 2022 FIFA World Cup Final, create 60-year-old history

France 2022 World Cup Squad

France are through to the Final of 2022 Qatar World Cup, but this certain dream was fading away as Les Bleus started their campaign with a huge list of injured players.

The names on the injury list were to have huge impacts on their road to World Cup but against all odds the defending champions roared through. The French National team injury list included, Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante, the magical midfielders.

They were said to be the most valuable midfielders to the team. Next up, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema, was ruled out of the World Cup following an injury in training. He is now expected to join the squad and even figure in the final. He is now in active training.

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Lucas Hernandez was the next one to fall out of the squad, taking a hit in the opening match against Australia, injuring his knee. It was confirmed as an ACL injury. French national team’s goalkeeping depth also took a hit as AC Milan’s Mike Maignan was ruled out due to a calf injury. Defender Presnel Kimpembe and midfielder Christopher Nkunku also picked up injuries ahead of the World Cup.

Despite missing out on plenty of squad members, France remained confident and backed their strength behind their star Kylian Mbappe. Mbappe has netted 5 goals with 2 assists in the 6 games he has been a part of in the 2022 Qatar World Cup.

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France’s consistency and communication could prove to be the foundation on their 2nd consecutive World Cup win

France 2022 World Cup Squad
France 2022 World Cup Squad

Before France, Italy and Brazil have reached two consecutive Finals of the World Cup, winning both the times, but these countries did it 84 and 60 years ago, respectively. If France beat Argentina this Sunday, they will become the third country ever to win two consecutive World Cups.

France’s World Cup group consisted of Australia, Tunisia and Denmark. They won their first match against Australia 4-1, furthermore thumping Denmark in a 2-1 victory. The defending champions could not get past the African country Tunisia as they lost 0-1 to them.

Moving ahead, France knocked out Poland and England with a 3-1 and 2-1 1-2 victory respectively. The defeat against an African country earlier caused speculations before France faced Morocco in the 2nd Semi-Final of the 2022 World Cup.

France did not hesitate against Moroccan magic like Portugal and Spain in the knockout stages, they defeated Morocco 2-0 to book their seat in the second consecutive Final to face one of the greatest players in the history of football, Lionel Messi.

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