Varane

Man United will be represented at the final as France take on Argentina in a bid to be crowned 2022 World Cup winners.

United centre-back Lisandro Martinez has struggled to cement his place in the starting XI, though he is fit and reports suggesting Scaloni could switch to a back-three could see Martinez handed his chance. There had been some talk of a return for the Real Madrid striker this week, but that appears to have been ruled out despite a cryptic answer from Didier Deschamps in the build-up. Argentina, meanwhile, have come through the tournament relatively unscathed and despite having noticeable hamstring troubles during his side's win against Croatia, Lionel Messi is expected to be fit. [L'Equipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Varane-konate-coman-tchouameni-et-theo-hernandez-a-l-entrainement-des-bleus/1370609) reports that Varane trained alongside Ibrahima Konate, Kingsley Coman, Aurelien Tchouameni and Theo Hernandez. I do apologise." Benzema, meanwhile, suffered an injury while out in Qatar and could have been replaced due to the timing of his injury, but with a chance of the Ballon d'Or winner being fit in time for the final he was kept in.