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The impression France left after two matches on this tournament is that they can do a lot better. It was clear they will pass into the quarter-finals. Cuba and New Zealand are not the teams who can stand up to France. They were already at +21 against Cuba after the first half, they routinely won. It was clear that they already secured the first place, so they were a bit easy-going in the match against New Zealand. Selector Garnier decided to lower the playing time to the main players, they were even losing during half-time, and in the end they still won with around 20 points of difference. I don't believe they will be easy-going today. This is a match which will secure them the Olympics. Winning brings them to Rio, this is why the French decided to organize the qualification tournament in Nantes. I expect France to be at 100% since the start, with no calculations, similar as it was against Cuba who are, realistically speaking, better than Argentina. The South American team are the weakest of all who have earned the quarter-finals. They convincingly beat Cameroon, but that's not a reflection of their quality. In the second round they were beaten by Turkey, by half-time they were at -16. They struggled against strong defenses and athletically more powerful players (difficult defeats in preparations to Spain and Australia). France is no weaker than Turkey or Spain, they're even more dominant athletically. We have a clear motive here - France could secure the Olympics today - and the difference in quality is obvious.