Good news for the rest of the teams in the tournament: France has not yet figured out what its best 11-men lineup is. After a disappointing performance against Australia in their opening match, Deschamps switched things up drastically with the addition of Olivier Giroud and Blaise Matuidi. France reverted back...
Switching isn’t inherently new in football. In the beginning of the 1974 World Cup final, Cruyff famously switched with Holland’s right center-back (Rijsbergen) before making his run to get the penalty that eventually became the first goal. Cruyff was essentially the right center back for the first two minutes of...