Led by coach Michel Hidalgo, France exhibited an inspiring, elegant, skillful and technically advanced offensive style of football, which was strikingly similar to their South American counterparts.
Pod vodstvom izbornika Michela Hidalga, francuska nogometna vrsta prikazivala je inspirirajući, elegantan, vješt i tehnički vrlo ofenzivan stil nogometa koji se vrlo često uspoređivao s njihovim suparnicima iz Južne Amerike.