People are scared that Rabiot-Tchamounei will be poor in midfield but they're defensively strong and mobile for their size so while it might look a bit pedestrian, it's still the best back 7 in the tournament to get through and fullbacks can't risk attacking with Mbappe and Dembele on the wings, and Griezmann is always one of the better defensive players in international tournaments as a hard-working 10.
If you're in a big office pool where everyone will have Argentina and Brazil, I think they're a great pick. On paper they have the best first XI, we know they can defend (Lucas-Kounde-Upamecano-Pavard looks formidable defensively unless Upamecano makes the massive error he does still have in him at this stage of his career). So yeah, I think their football will be fairly ugly in the knockouts (weak group and with that speed out wide teams will double a lot and there will be space for Pavard, Lucas, Rabiot and Tchouameni to contribute in the attack with crosses and long shots, but maybe less so in the knockouts).
