Coming into Qatar at the last minute, the French team suffered unexpected set backs as two key players Christopher Nkuku and Karim Benzema suffered injuries and we're ruled out of the football festival. The absence of these two caused further worries to a team that was already without Ngolo Kantè, Paul Pogba and the AC Milan keeper. Just yesterday, influential defender Lucas Hernandez tore his achilles tendon and has been ruled out for the rest of the 2022/2023 season. Despite that, the World Champions were able to record a convincing 4-1 win against the Australians, all thanks to the inspiration from Kylian Mbappè and Oliver Giroud but then, is this win the inspiration they need to push further to retain the trophy they won in Russia four years ago? Can France do with without Kantè, Benzema and Hernandez?

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Coming into Qatar at the last minute, the French team suffered unexpected set backs as two key players Christopher Nkuku and Karim Benzema suffered injuries and we're ruled out of the football festival. The absence of these two caused further worries to a team that was already without Ngolo Kantè, Paul Pogba and the AC Milan keeper. Just yesterday, influential defender Lucas Hernandez tore his achilles tendon and has been ruled out for the rest of the 2022/2023 season. Despite that, the World Champions were able to record a convincing 4-1 win against the Australians, all thanks to the inspiration from Kylian Mbappè and Oliver Giroud but then, is this win the inspiration they need to push further to retain the trophy they won in Russia four years ago? Can France do with without Kantè, Benzema and Hernandez?

I don't think so