World Cup Game #18

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If a couple of the other top tier teams had made poor starts, France made a disastrous one in this second group game, losing 2-0 to Mexico. The French were really lackluster and never generated any kind of fluency whilst the Mexicans took their chances and threw everything into the game. Admittedly, the second goal was to a fairly dodgy penalty but, to be honest, France were well beaten before that.

Even if they win the next game, France are in serious danger of being the first seeded team to get eliminated from this World Cup.