Soccer Football - World Cup - France Training - Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia - June 15, 2018 France's Olivier Giroud and team mates during training REUTERS/Toru Hanai
KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - The Group C opener between France and Australia at the Kazan Arena on Saturday pitches some of the best young attacking talent at the World Cup against a team which has often struggled to find the net in recent years.
That France will start as clear favourites is down to the superior quality running throughout Didier Deschamps's 23-man squad but in particular in the forward quartet of Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Olivier Giroud.
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