Originally Posted by Peter_Lamy: “You would have to assume France will be the winners of their group. I look forward to seeing how they get on in their opening game.
Enjoy the match!”
Never assume anything where the French are concerned, but yes, if they actually turn up they should breeze through this group.
Originally Posted by O'Neill: “Would be a massive shock is France fail to win. Honduras will probably set up to frustrate though, so can only see France getting a couple of goals.”
Given only 2 out of the 18 teams so far have had clean sheets, and the amount of abject defending and goalkeeping going on, I would argue that's likely to fail spectacularly, might as well go for it like all the other teams have done so far. Its been the running theme of the WC.
I'm surprised by how many names I recognise in that French team, and that's not even including some of those who have been left out (Koscielny and Giroud).
I've never been fully convinced by Benzema though.