France draw with Denmark in Russia World Cup's first goalless match

French coach Didier Deschamps, who was a player of Les Bleus in 1998 when the team won the World Cup, admitted that the game has not ended up a very exciting match.

"Because the Danish team were satisfied with a draw as it meant they would qualify," he said. "But all the same, while their defence was very good, we had a number of scoring opportunities. We didn't need to take risks in the match though as this result was OK for everyone. We tried to get a win but the last 15 minutes was, shall we say, a 'neutral' kind of match. It was a choice on Denmark's part and you can understand it because they had reached their goal."

"What we wanted was to qualify for the round of 16 and finish top of our group, and that is what we have managed," said N'Golo Kante, who was later selected Man of the Match. "It was difficult to find weak points in the Danish defence but we've got to where we wanted to be."

France will face the runner-up in Group D in the knockout round, while Denmark will play against the winner of that group.