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#1 Failure to capitalise on their dominance
Denmark were more than happy to sit deep and defend during the second-half, allowing France a greater deal of possession. Despite this though, the French lacked intensity in their play and were unable to make any of their control count as they crucially lacked end product.
67% possession, 11 attempts on goal and more than half of them were not genuine goalscoring opportunities. Schmeichel was only tested on a handful of occasions and in truth, he personally would have been expecting more action toward his goal.
Deschamps' team selection was equally questionable, having started with two defensive midfielders and playing the pair throughout - not considering sacrificing one to play a more attack-minded option from the bench.
Nabil Fekir appeared the only one who put an effort in, to win the game for his side during his 22-minute spell off the bench. In addition, there was limited support from the fullbacks too as there were only a couple of successful crosses delivered into the box.
Thomas Lemar was disappointing on his first start of the tournament thus far while Ousmane Dembélé too performed below the level we've seen regularly in previous seasons.
France's weaknesses have been exposed during the group stages, they're far from perfect and will have to work on their problems if they intend to progress deep into this tournament and remain in the hunt for the World Cup trophy next month.
