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Kanté is back, better than ever, and France need him badly

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PADERBORN, Germany -- In the games room of France's team hotel, near Paderborn, defenders William Saliba and Ibrahima Konaté can't stop laughing. You can hear their screams of delight echo through the corridors. The reason? They caught teammate N'Golo Kanté cheating at UNO again.

At the 2018 World Cup, the quietly spoken Kanté earned something of a reputation for dishonesty when it came to playing games of cards within the squad. He may have claimed he was only "a competitor" back then, but last week when the media asked him if he was any different now, his answer was straight: "No, I'm the same.