World Cup group C: France vs. Australia team news, kick-off time and TV channel

Didier Deschamps may name Antoine
Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele up front

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Monaco full-back Djibril Sidibe has been cleared to play after a
knee injury and Fifa.com journalist Adrien Gingold reports that
France head coach Didier Deschamps has a fully-fit squad to choose
from.

The BBC says that Deschamps is expected to select
youngsters Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele up front alongside
Antoine Griezmann. Chelsea’s Olivier Giroud will start from the
bench. 

When asked about playing alongside Griezmann and Dembele,
Mbappe said: “We are three players who appreciate each other. We
put our egos on the side. There are not a lot of teams who have a
better attacking line-up than us.

“We can bring some carefreeness, some joie de vivre in a
competition where pressure is always weighing on the
squad.”

World Cup group C fixtures

• 16 June: France vs. Australia (11am, BBC); Peru vs. Denmark
  (5pm, BBC) 
• 21 June: Denmark vs. Australia (1pm, ITV); France vs. Peru
  (4pm, ITV) 
• 26 June: Denmark vs. France (3pm, ITV); Australia vs. Peru
  (3pm, ITV4)

For the Socceroos, The Daily Telegraph suggests that captain Mile
Jedinak could be on the bench after coach Bert van Marwijk paired
Aaron Mooy and Massimo Luongo in central midfield during
training. 

Van Marwijk said of facing France: “Normally, we play ten
times against France, maybe we lose eight, nine times. We have
worked hard to get a situation that maybe we lose five, six times
[out of ten] but we also can win a few times and a few times
draw.

“That’s important. When you’re well organised and you
believe in something and everybody knows exactly from each other
what to do and you have the guts to play and be yourself, then we
have a chance.”

Denmark take on Peru in group C’s other game on
Saturday.