Didier Deschamps

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Tomorrow, at Boston Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, France and Morocco will face each other in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Cup.

Rich with Ballon d’Or pedigree, France’s front four has already scored three apiece past Senegal and Iraq. Harnessing a collection of match-winners, Didier Deschamps appears to have solved an important puzzle…