Paris, June 7 -- At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Group I featuring France, Norway, Senegal and Iraq is not a classic "group of death", but it offers one of the biggest stories of the tournament: Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland, two of the most talked-about strikers in the current era, are set to finally meet on the World Cup stage.

France team: France arrives as one of the title favorites after winning the 2018 World Cup and finishing runner-up in 2022. But this squad is at a delicate moment. The attack is full of talents,yet the balance of the team is in doubt.

The midfield looks weaker than in past tournaments, forcing coach Didier Deschamps to recall35-year-old N'Golo Kante. The 2-1 loss to Cote d'Ivoire in a recent friendly shows that Fr...