Barkola, Kone and Dinh will play from the first minutes against Iraq

The national teams of France and Iraq will play a match of the second round of the 2026 World Cup in Philadelphia. Didier Deschamps, after the victory over Senegal (3:1), involved Ding in the starting line-up on the left flank of the defense, while Kone will play in the support zone and Barkola will be located on the left in the attack. Graeme Arnold, on the back of the defeat against Norway (1:4), used Basil from the first minutes in goal, while Kasem will play on the left in the attack. France: Meignan - Kunde, Saliba, Upamecano, Digne - Kone, Rabiot - Olisse, Dembele, Barkola - Mbappe. Substitutes: Samba, Risser, Gusteau, Conate, T. Hernandez, L. Hernandez, Lacroix, Chouameny, Kante, Zaire-Emery, Sherky, Akliush, Thuram, Douet, Mateta. Iraq: Basil - H. Ali, Tahsin, Hashem, Doski - Al-Ammari, Ismail - Bayesh, Iqbal, Kasem - Hussein. Subs: Talib, J. Hassan, Sulaka, Younis, Maknazi, Saadoun, Poutoros, Amin, Jacob, Sher, Al-Hamadi, M. Ali, Youssef, Jasim, Farji. The France-Iraq game will start at 00:00 Kyiv time. Follow on media.