France 2-3 Colombia: 5 Talking Points

#5 Paul Pogba on the bench

Pogba will need to step up his game

While the Manchester United midfielder was brought into the game in the 65th minute of the game, it was the pair of N'Golo Kante and Blaise Matuidi that started ahead of him.

Assistant coach of the French team, Guy Stephan, attributed Pgba's absence in the starting XI to a muscle injury and his lack of playing time with the Red Devils recently. It has been a tough beginning to the year for the 25-year-old as he has been a sporadic presence in the first XI at Old Trafford for some time now.

However, while he couldn't bring his best to the table, he still managed to show glimpses of promise against Colombia. His curling effort from outside the box was only stopped because of a terrific save from David Ospina in the 72nd minute of the game.