Colombia

One last successful appointment before the big leap. The Blues completed their American stage with a serious victory against Colombia (3-1) on Sunday, March 29. Facing another team qualified for the World Cup, Didier Deschamps was able to carry out his final tests before revealing his squad for the World Cup in mid-May, with many changes and a completely revamped starting eleven.

• The substitutes show up. The French team was shuffled, but they stood out. Projected starters, the usual substitutes, who had a lot at stake in view of the final squad for the World Cup in a few weeks, held their own. Désiré Doué, author of a brace, and Marcus Thuram, scorer then provider, seized the opportunity, as did Warren Zahir-Emery and Rayan Cherki, valuable in the heart of the game.

• A successful American tour. On the other side of the Atlantic, the Blues went two for two. Three days after a prestigious victory against Brazil (2-1), they then dominated Colombia, thirteenth nation in the Fifa ranking. A “very positive sports assessment” against “two very good South American teams”, according to coach Didier Deschamps, very satisfied with his players on TF1.

• No record yet for Kylian Mbappé. Coming on in the 78th minute, just after the reduction of the Colombian lead, the captain of the French team did not manage to find the net to join Olivier Giroud at the top of the list of the best French scorers. The Real Madrid forward believed in it after beating Montero in the opposing area (90+4), but he was flagged offside.