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Deschamps warns that Mbappe has even more to give for France

- MATT BARLOW

KYLIAN MBAPPE shuffled out into the blaze of flashbulbs with a sheepish smile and a shrug. At the age of 19, Mbappe (right) is in the process of making this World Cup his World Cup, another elegant stride on his sprint to the top. Against Peru, he became France’s youngest ever scorer at a major tournament, a mantle seized from David Trezeguet. Against Argentina, he stretched his tally to three. Already, the only Frenchman who can boast more goals at a single World Cup tournament is Just Fontaine, who will in all probabilit­y never have his record of 13 beaten. ‘He is only 19 and he will grow a lot,’ said France boss Didier Deschamps. ‘When there are hard times, the trend is to question yourself and to dig deep but when things go well you shouldn’t relax and think things come easy or you need to put in less effort. Kylian is intelligen­t, he listens and knows this.’ Blaise Matuidi’s ban will force at least one change on Deschamps as for their quarter-final clash with Uruguay. Uruguay’s build-up to the quarterfin­al has been dominated by the fitness of striker Edison Cavani, who limped off having scored twice in a 2-1 win against Portugal in the last 16. FRANCE 4-2-3-1 (probable): Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Hernandez; Kante, Pogba; Mbappe, Griezmann, Fekir; Giroud. URUGUAY 4-3-1-2 (probable): Muslera; Caceres, Godin, Gimenez, Laxalt; Nandez, Torreira, Vecino; Betancur; Suarez, Cavani.

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