France, considered by many as favourites for the World Cup, look sensational while going forward.
France forward Antoine Griezmann (Photo: AFP)
France have been ramping up their preparations for the FIFA World Cup recently for after a second-string side beat Ireland comfortably on Monday night, the rest of their big guns got together to put a PSG U-19 side to the sword in a practice game.
The caption, after translation, reads: “Players with little or no playing time against Ireland played a 2 x 30 minute match against the U-19 of PSG.”
Antonie Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele, Paul Pogba and many other stars were on the bench for Les Blues’ win over the Irish and Didier Deschamps ensure they retained match sharpness by giving them some minutes against PSG’s academy side.
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Les Parisiens have one of the finest youth programs in the world, but they were no match against the senior stars of the Euro 2016 finalists.
Griezmann and Dembele netted a brace each, while Florian Thrauvin got one as the France trounced the prospects.
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The European powerhouses, one of the favourites for the World Cup, next take on Italy on Friday night before rounding off their warm-up clashes with a tie against USA on June 10.
While the World Cup kicks off non June 14, France do not play their first game till June 16.
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Drawn in Group C, France have the likes of Australia, Peru and Denmark for company in the preliminary stages.
They open their campaign against Australia at the Kazan Arena in Kazan.
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