With the FIFA World Cup, 2022, Qatar barely in less than five months-time from now, the fans and the experts all around the world are discussing, can France win the 2022 world cup in Qatar? Let us give a look into it and find out the details.
Can France win the world cup in Qatar?
In this edition of the world cup, France enters the tournament being in the Group D slot. This slot has three other contenders such as Denmark, Australia, and Tunisia. It is expected that there shall be a lot of excitement and drama on and off the ground amongst the different countries in this group. France shall be entering this year as the defenders of the title. So, it is certain that they shall give their all on the field so that they are able to retain their title. If such happens then, France shall be the only country after Brazil that could retain the world cup in 1962.
On the field, we can surely expect to see France giving a good fight during the group stage matches. Prior to 2018, in the year 1998, France had won their first world cup title where Zinedine Zidane was instrumental in their victory. The current coach of the team, Didier Deschamps was the midfielder and captain of that winning team of 1998. Deschamps was also the coach of this team when France won the title for the second time in 2018. Having such an able coach and the team manager, experts are of the opinion that, this year, France is one of the biggest contenders to winning the world cup again and retaining the title.
Now let us shift our focus a bit on the achievements of Deschamps as a player and as a manager. When Deschamps was a player, he was part of the team that had won the world cup, European championship, champions league, 3 series A titles, and twice the French titles. When he became the manager of the team under him France had won their second world cup, nations league, became runners-up in the European champions league and had also won a French title as well. having such a strong backbone to the team, France is already been conserved as one of the favorites in this tournament.
Deschamps is a great leader and he understands the game well. In fact, he has been lucky for the team of France. Having said that, he too has some wonderful boys in the team who has every potential to retain the world cup for France. One of them undoubtedly is 23-year-old Kylian Mbappe. He is on the way to becoming the all-time leading goal scorer for France. This young forward of the team France already has the credit of a world cup win and 54 caps. By far, France has the most talented bunch of players in this tournament. So, the experts have a view that France shall surely give it a good fight to retain its title.
The potential of France in the world cup 2022
France is now third on the list according to the FIFA rankings. And they have been put in plot 1 to make it a draw. Although France is a favorite in the tournament but, they shall play against Australia in the opening game and then shall face Denmark and Tunisia. So, it is a long road for them as both of these teams can defeat any teams in the world. There are two probabilities to consider in seeing France into the finals of the world cup 2022. If France manages to win in the league stage, then they would be dropped to the bottom of the bracket. This shall pave the way through to reaching the finals. And if they finish in the second position in Group D then, they shall be put to the other side of the bracket. The performance of France in the world cup has been full of ups and downs. They began steadily since the inaugural edition of the world cup some years until there were some setbacks. Having said that, France had always fought back strongly. So, in view of the current team they have, and having Deschamps as the manager of this team, it is certain that France is going to fight hard to retain the world cup trophy.
