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Two double world champions face off on Sunday with each of Argentina and France vying to add a third star to their jersey and hoist the greatest prize in the sport. Can the 2018 champions repeat the trick and carve out a space in the pantheon of back-to-back champions along the Italy side of 1938 and Brazil’s legendary 1962 squad? Or will Lionel Messi add that one missing piece to his trophy cabinet, further cementing his standing alongside the very greatest ever to play football? Here’s what to look out for on Sunday:
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Argentina expose France’s weak link
For so much of this tournament, France’s left flank has (rightly) been framed as their great strength, the avenue to goal where special adjustments are a necessity for the opposition. It is not just Kylian Mbappe but the devastating support he has behind him from Theo Hernandez, one of the sport’s outstanding attacking full backs. As the tournament has worn on and the standard of opposition has risen, Didier Deschamps’ great blessing has become something of a headache too. The great World Cup monkey paw has handed him two of the best attackers in the tournament but has given opposition a lane to goals of their own.
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