Deschamps happy with France side

French manager Didier Deschamps admits it is tricky having to choose 11 players from his talented squad, but is looking forward to the challenge of the World Cup that starts next week. The France side played their final warm up game of the tournament against the USA on Saturday.

France go into the showpiece tournament as one of the favourites to win and Deschamps has arguably the most gifted squad to choose from. 

"The composition [of the team] against the United States will be close to the one that starts the World Cup but not necessarily the same," Deschamps said.

"Competition is for everyone. The choices were difficult for the squad, it's the same for the [starting] 11. It's high competition, players are used to it. The competition concerns the whole group.

"Everything is going well. A significant workload was carried out this week with double sessions. 

"We can always do better but we must above all keep hindering the opponent. We need to progress in efficiency and in the offensive to defensive transition. Regarding the transition from defence to attack, we are good."