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By Ewan Murray France’s inability to top Group D means that they now face a challenging clash with Belgium in the last 16 at Euro 2024. Having drawn with already eliminated Poland in their final group game, Les Bleus could only finish runners-up to Austria. The tournament favourites have been largely underwhelming in Germany so far and have managed just two goals across their opening three matches, one of which was an own goal and the other a penalty. Didier Deschamps’ side have the deepest and strongest squad in the competition but have struggled to find their way out of second gear yet. A cl…

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