DOHA : Despite the high profile performances of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in Qatar, Argentina and France can create danger all over the pitch, so stopping the superstars is only one battle in Sunday's World Cup final war.
Argentina have switched between three central defenders and a flat back four during the tournament and coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to stick with the latter on Sunday. Drifting wide, but deeper than Giroud, he poses questions that central defenders don't like – go out and meet him or hold station and wait for him to come?
As hundreds of opponents before them can attest, there is no real way to plan to keep him quiet. All teams can do is try to limit the flow of passes to him and then make sure they are laser-focused when he does explode into life. With Mbappe the only player not being asked to defend, France look vulnerable on their left flank, although Rabiot's return to that side of the midfield might partially compensate that weakness.
Right back Molina returns after suspension and though he has had a good tournament, Scaloni might decide he is not the ideal man to face Mbappe and might look to Romero in a revisit of the approach used against the Netherlands.
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