HE’S NOT EASY TO WARM TO BUT POGBA IS DOING THE BUSINESS

FRANCE were first through to the semifinals, and are going to be mightily hard to stop. Paul Pogba’s petulence and general narkiness, even when things are going right for his country, might not derail Didier Deschamps’ side and if Manchester United’s flawed star keeps his head on his shoulders for one more week then his unnatural partnership in the middle with N’Golo Kante can be a World Cup winning one. He’s hard to cheer, but Pogba’s doing the business in Russia.