Team News: France name dauntingly strong first XI to face Australia

Updated 16/06/2018 at 09:08 GMT

France have named an extremely attacking line-up for the opening game of the World Cup's super Saturday.

Antoine Griezmann (France)

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Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe all start in an electrifying front three, with Olivier Giroud left on the bench.

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And in midfield the creative Corentin Tolisso has been preferred to Blaise Matuidi and Steven Nzonzi in an encouragingly attacking selection by coach Didier Deschamps.

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Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante complete what looks like a well-balanced midfield trio.

Australia will be hoping to stem the tide against such an exciting French team, and here's the XI tasked with that job.

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(Kick-off times all BST)

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