France striker Olivier Giroud said Les Bleus are aiming to reach "at least" the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and claimed England are "particularly afraid" of Didier Deschamps' side. The 1998 winners were drawn in Group C and will face Australia, Peru and Denmark as they look to improve on 2014's march to the quarter-finals, where they were beaten 1-0 by Germany. Giroud scored four goals in eight appearances as France ran out winners of World Cup qualifying Group A ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands. The 31-year-old expressed his belief in the talent available to Deschamps, and also indicated he had gauged the mood of the England internationals he plays alongside...
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