THE CONTENDERS - The French are coming … again

France, ranked number three in the world, are notorious for flattering to deceive. Their last World Cup run certainly would not count as such, with a run that took them all the way to the final where it took penalties for Argentina to get the better of them. Argentina seemed to have the game done and dusted until Kylian Mbappe took matters into his own hands, clawing them back into a game they probably should not have been losing. That resilience may just be what the French need to fulfil a fourth romance with the World Cup title.