Didier
Deschamps men reach this stage of the tournament as Group C leaders, while
Jorge Sampoali's men finished as second best in Group D - Both sides will be
meeting for the third time at the World Cup but will meeting for the fifth time
in all competitions France and Argentina kick off the 2018 FIFA World Cup knock
out stage fixtures on Saturday, June 30 at the Kazan Arena. The French national
team qualified for the round of 16 stage after gathering seven points from
three preliminary matches. They opened their campaign at this year's edition of
the championship with a 2-1 victory over Australia and also claimed a 1-0 win
over south American side Peru.
However,
they were held to a goalless draw in their last group game by Denmark, who are
also through to this round of the competition. Didier Deschamps men scored
three goals and conceded just one, as they kept two clean sheets in the process
- a stat that pushes them as one of the favourites for this title at the end of
the championship. La Albiceleste on the other hand had to wait until the last
day before they could book their spot in the knock out stage at Russia 2018.
While
Argentina will be counting on Barcelona star Lionel Messi to come to the part
once again, and hoping that Angel Di Maria, Sergio Aguero, Gonzalo Higuain,
Ever Banega to assist the 31-year-old to bring glory to the south American
team. France possible line up: 1 Hugo Lloris, 2 Benjamin Pavard, 4 Raphael
Varane, 5 Samuel Umtiti, 21 Lucas Hernandez, 13 N'Golo Kante, 6 Paul Pogba, 10
Kylian Mbappe, 7 Antoine Griezmann, 11 Ousmane Dembele, 9 Olivier Giroud.
Argentina possible line up: 12 Franco Armani, 2 Gabriel Mercado, 17 Nicolas
Otamendi, 16 Marcos Rojo, 3 Nicolas Tagliafico, 7 Ever Banega, 14 Javier
Mascherano, 15 Enzo Perez, 11 Angel Di Maria, 9 Gonzalo Higuain, 10 Lionel
Messi. Venue: Kazan Arena Time: 3pm Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
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