True, but anything can happen. France managed to beat the best starting 11 of all time in 2006.
True, especially in the KO stages since it's just one game.
But just looking at their squad, it's elite. Majority of their starting players are top 3/top 5 in their positions in the world, with some being the best at it.
When it comes to offense, they just have way too many options.
You cut Mbappe out, you still gotta deal with Dembele. And then Olise. And then Doue. And then Barcola. And then Cherki.
They even have Thuram and Mateta for crosses and long balls they can drop off for the faster players.
You can play perfect defense and all it takes is one play for them, one stroke of genius, and there's a through ball from Olise to Mbappe, between like 7 players, and Mbappe finishes top bin and there is nothing you can do about it.
They literally just need one mistake and it's over.
The attack is above elite.
Of course, anything can happen in a match, especially the KO stages since it's only one game, but man, I'd be hard pressed to think of a way they get knocked out fairly.