The France Deschamps Never Allowed to Exist Is Dominating the World Cup
At least three goals in each of their last four games. Deschamps's France has changed — and they may be the most dangerous side of all.
For 14 years, Didier Deschamps built French national teams on control, discipline and pragmatism. Sides that engineered victories rather than improvised them. It worked: a Euro final in 2016, the world title in 2018, another final in 2022. But the France on the pitch at the 2026 World Cup is something else entirely.
According to The Guardian, Deschamps is letting Mbappé, Olise and Dembélé run the show — and the results are showing. Les Bleus have scored at least three goals in each of their last four matches, and the feeling is they could have added more had they not simply run out of time, energy, or interest in pressing further.
The metaphor is apt: it is like a cat that has cornered a mouse and toys with it before the final strike. Cruel? No. Calculated? Completely.
What makes it most intriguing is that, even while dominating, France still seems to be discovering what it wants to be at this tournament. Like an art student with obvious talent still experimenting with form and style — the results already impress, but the best may be yet to come.
The Golmetria model gives the French squad a 12.67% chance of lifting the trophy — the third highest among all participants. The market sees something similar, with an implied probability of around 14.71%.
If this looser, more creative and more dangerous version of France keeps evolving, the question is not whether Les Bleus go deep. It is how far a side still untested in the decisive moments can go once the real game truly begins.