France coach Didier Deschamps has a half-billion dollar dilemma. The downside: Sky-high price tags also generate high expectations and Deschamps suspects some of his young players may lack the experience to cope when things get tough under football's brightest spotlight. Back in 1998, France's starting XI against Brazil in the World Cup final was both older — average age 28 — and wiser. "That scenario happened several times in our qualifying path to the World Cup. But the World Cup is just weeks away.

Source: ABC News April 09, 2018 07:07 UTC