One of the top sides in World football currently, France takes on the USA tonight in a warm-up game as its preparations for the World Cup 2018 in Russia reaches its end. They take on Australia in the opening match of Group C on the 16th of June. Their opponent USA will not be on the plane to Russia after its nightmare qualification campaign, and there is also a huge disparity in terms of talent when compared to their French counterpart. FIFA World Cup 2018 Schedule in IST for PDF Download: Fixtures, Groups, Time Table with Match Timings & Venue Details of Football WC in Russia.

Didier Deschamps will look to put its strongest lineup tonight against Russia which means the core group of gifted strikers and midfielders like Antoine Greizeman, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud will all be in the starting eleven. Paul Pogba, who as many have predicted may miss out on the starting eleven in Russia too can be handed a start. In goal, skipper Hugo Lloris too will be given a run out with team with one of the most standout performers of last season, Nabil Fakir the only big name set to miss the encounter owing to a knee problem. 2018 FIFA World Cup 23-Man Squad of All the 32 Participating Teams Announced.

The USA may hand out youth players the chance to impress against France, and this means players like Weston McKennie and Josh Sargent playing for Schalke Werder and Werder Bremen. Starman Christian Pulisic may be rested for this one as their interim manager Dave Sarachan has adopted this strategy of rolling young, inexperienced line-ups for this bunch of international friendlies. Zack Steffen will be USMNT’s player to start between the posts despite being no match in terms of experience. Matt Miazga and Tim Parker have the nod of their coach to start as the holding midfielders, and they will have their work cut out stopping France’s wave after wave of attack.

France vs USA Football Match, Time and Schedule:

France will be playing the USA on Sunday 10th night at 12.30 am IST. The match is scheduled to take place at Parc Olympique Lyonnais in Décines-Charpieu, France.

France vs USA Football Match, Live Telecast in India available?

Though there is no official word whether the live telecast of France vs USA will be available in India or not, chances are Sony Pictures Network will telecast the football match on one of its channels, possible Sony Ten 2.

France vs USA Football Match, Free Live Streaming Online available in India?

Same goes for the live streaming of France vs USA match. If Sony telecasts the match in India. Then most probably, the free online live streaming will be available on sonyliv.com. We will keep you posted about the streaming information as and when we receive it.

France should beat the USA comfortably in this friendly, and it will be a matter of by how much for the Les Bleus. It will be an important learning curve for the young American footballers, and they certainly have nothing to lose.

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