FIFA World Cup: France can field 2 strikers

Ribeirao Preto: France coach Didier Deschamps is confident he can field a side with two strikers after seeing Karim Benzema and Olivier Giroud combine well together in a World Cup warm-up. France blitzed Jamaica 8-0 on Sunday with Benzema bagging a brace and Giroud also getting on the scoresheet.

But with Deschamps preferring to play one central striker flanked by two wide players, it would seem the two are unlikely to line up together like they did against the hapless Caribbean minnows. But Deschamps says he would be confident they could perform together even against stronger opposition. “Of course that could work. If we have the ball it’s less of a problem,” he said.