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The 4-2-3-1 system that Deschamps is using today is inspired partly by the system he used when France last faced Portugal. That was in the Nations League last November and France won 1-0 – and they had Anthony Martial and Kingsley Coman in attack that day, rather than Benzema and Mbappé.
And now this from the country that gave us football teams such as Haka, Oulu and that old Fiver favourite, FC Honka “Here in Finland there is great interest in this match because if France beat Portugal by four goals, then the Eagle-Owls get through to the last 16,” reports Kári Tulinius. “Admittedly, that is unlikely, but thanks to the ludicrous 24-team format, Finland has a tiny amount of hope. A tiny amount of hope can’t kill you, right?” I don’t know, for I am hopeless.
