Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny was rated the worst of a bad bunch despite keeping a clean sheet.
The hype around the France international team is greater than it has ever been.
Les Bleus possess three of the most expensive stars in football history in Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele and Paul Pogba.
If Thomas Lemar had made the mooted £92 million deadline day move to Arsenal it would have been four out of five, with Brazilian Neymar the exception.
This is why it was so stunning, even jarring, that France’s latest international game against minnows Luxembourg ended in a drab 0-0 draw.
France were unlucky, hitting the woodwork, but they had enough talent in the team to not depend on luck.
French newspaper L’Equipe was predictably ruthless in its assessment of the team with a very harsh set of player ratings.
Defenders Laurent Koscielny of Arsenal and Monaco’s Layvin Kurzama fared the worst, handed a woeful 2/10 for their efforts.
Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud did not do much better, given a 3/10 for his display.
His Arsenal teammate Alexandre Lacazette was a substitute and also could not break the deadlock.
This was not the confidence boosting game Arsenal’s French players needed despite hopes that it could lift their spirits.
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