France take the first step towards defending their World Cup crown on Wednesday when they welcome Ukraine to the Stade de France in qualification Group D on Wednesday evening.

In my opinion we are talking about the best Nation Team in the world, a very balanced team with high quality players in all positions. A very strong team, when playing in their country is even stronger, in the last 23 games they only lost 1.

This group is one of the most competitive, has teams with good quality. First place must be from France and then second place is going to be a very balanced fight. France playing at home cannot lose points because otherwise they may have some problems.

Mbappe left with a minor injury in the game against Lyon but he will be able to play this game.

Ukraine will try to go to a World Cup since 2006, it has been many years without participating in this great competition. The road is not going to be easy because there are good teams in this group.

Ukraine have lost Taras Stepanenko, Artem Besedin and Viktor Tsygankov to injury, while Ihor Kharatin and Viktor Korniienko are unable to join up with the squad due to COVID-19. Yarmolenko probably will not be use in this game because he back from injurie.

Last time Ukraine went to France to play a friendly game, they were humiliated by 7-1.

This will be a one-way game, France will dominate the whole match, will have more ball and will have many chances to score as is natural when playing at home. Ukraine is much weaker and will not stand a chance.

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在我看来，我们谈论的法国队是世界上最好的国家队，一个非常平衡的球队，每个位置都有高质量的球员。一支非常强大的球队，当他们在自己的国家比赛时，他们甚至更强大，在过去的23场比赛中他们只输了1场。

这个小组是最具竞争力的，有很好的球队素质。第一名必须来自法国，然后第二名将会是一场非常平衡的比赛。法国在主场比赛不能丢分，否则他们可能会有一些问题。

姆巴佩在对里昂的比赛中受了轻伤，但他将能够参加这场比赛。

自2006年以来，乌克兰已经很多年没有参加过世界杯了。这条路不会很容易，因为这个组里有很多优秀的球队。

乌克兰已经失去了塔拉斯·斯捷潘年科(Taras Stepanenko)、阿尔特姆·贝瑟丁(Artem Besedin)和维克托·齐甘科夫(Viktor Tsygankov)，而伊霍·卡拉廷(Ihor Kharatin)和维克托·科尔尼延科(Viktor Korniienko)则由于新冠无法加入国家队。亚莫连科可能不会出现在这场比赛中，因为刚才伤病中恢复。

上次乌克兰和法国进行友谊赛时，他们被7比1羞辱了。

这将是一场单向的比赛，法国将主宰整个比赛，将有更多的球，将有很多进球的机会，这在主场比赛是很自然的。乌克兰要弱得多，不会有任何机会。