The French team is winning all matches in the 2026 World Cup journey. They have conceded 2 goals from the beginning of the campaign to now against Senegal and Norway but have never been the team to chase scores. This further proves the superior strength of Les Bleus.
Since the beginning of the journey, all of France's opponents are teams that are rated much lower in terms of class and reputation. After overcoming Morocco, Spain may wait for the "Goloa Roosters" in the semi-finals. In the remaining bracket, Argentina or England may be the team to reach the final. All of these teams are big names and have won the World Cup like France. If France encounters them and is led, the scenario is unknown.
The World Cup has never been a logical story, just needing you to be strong, have a superior squad, win big in the outside rounds is enough to win the championship. History also shows that just 1 mistake in decisive matches, even the strongest championship contender can be bitterly eliminated.
However, facing any opponent in the semi-finals or even further in the final is not something that French players are too concerned about right now. They are enjoying victory and the happiest person is probably Kylian Mbappe. The goal against Morocco early this morning is this striker's 8th goal at the 2026 World Cup, helping him equal the achievement with Lionel Messi of Argentina in the top scorer race.
If successful on penalties, Mbappe may already have 9 goals and he is closer to the record of legend Just Fontaine (13 goals in a World Cup). Mbappe has 2 more matches ahead, even if he does not play in the final, there is still a third-place match. Scoring 5 goals in the remaining 2 matches is a very difficult challenge for Mbappe but not impossible if his current scoring form is still maintained.
The French team possesses an absolutely strong attack as they have scored 100% of goals for Les Bleus since the beginning of the tournament. Among these, Mbappe accounts for 50%. The remaining stars such as Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola, Michael Olise,... are always a threat to any defense. When Mbappe does not score, captain Didier Deschamps has never needed to worry about who will stand up to take on this responsibility.
In this year's tournament, on the bench of Les Bleus, there are still many good quality attacking stars such as Ryan Cherki, Marcus Thuram or Jean Philippe-Mateta. In open ball and direct attack situations, the team always has a way to score. If in a deadlock with this type of tactic, Deschamps still has Thuram or Mateta to implement a high ball stuffing tactic from the two wings. The French team is having too many attacks in attack that the opponents cannot read all, that is their fear.
Since the beginning of the 21st century, the French team in 2026 is the 2nd team to have the same 2 players scoring at least 5 goals in a World Cup. In 2002 when Brazil won the championship, they had Ronaldo scoring 8 goals and Rivaldo having 5 goals. Currently with France, they have Mbappe scoring 8 goals and right behind is Dembele with 6 goals.
Looking at other opponents in the quarter-finals, no team has a strong attack like France despite possessing many stars. Argentina has Lionel Messi scoring 8 goals but Lautaro Martinez only has 1 goal. Or like the case of Norway, Erling Haaland has 7 goals but Antonio Nusa has also only scored 1 goal against the opponent. A bit better is the England team when Harry Kane has 6 goals and Jude Bellingham is 4. However, the "Three Lions" attack still cannot compare in strength compared to France at this time.
