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#2 Olivier Giroud (France)

France's number 9 should get goals in Russia

Despite the abundance of attacking talent possessed by the French team (a team that dropped the likes of Anthony Martial, Alexandre Lacazette, Wissam Ben Yedder to name a few), Giroud is almost certain to start for France at the World Cup, a proposition that normally leaves outsiders baffled.

Les Bleus manager Deschamps is a huge admirer of the Blues’ frontman and is expected to have him lead the line with the other gorgeous attacking talent in the team (Antoine Griezmann and company) using the big man as an arrowhead to draw attention away from them.

The 31-year-old has been very prolific for his country with 31 goals in 72 caps, this makes him the fifth highest goalscorer for France and with the quality around him at the World Cup, he is expected to score even more.

He has a great understanding with Greizmann and with wingers like Florian Thauvin, Thomas Lemar and fullbacks like Benjamin Mendy in the French side, Giroud will get plenty of quality deliveries which given his superb aerial abilities, have a very good chance of ending up in the back of the net.