FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As this World Cup for the ages reaches its stretch run, France and Argentina seem to be on a collision course for a first-ever World Cup final rematch four years after their 2022 epic.
And yet, in a tournament that has thrown up so much drama, albeit with few true shocks, there are too many roadblocks in the way of both to treat that as anything like a foregone conclusion.
“You’re not in the World Cup quarterfinals just like that,” France coach Didier Deschamps said Wednesday. “The quality inevitably increases. The higher you climb the mountain, the opponent is better too.”
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