Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele and Paris Saint-Germain’s France contingent are set for their next World Cup assignment when Les Bleus face Iraq on Monday night. The Group I fixture is listed for Monday, 22 June, with kick-off at 11pm, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
PSG’s official tournament guide has five Parisians in the France squad for the 2026 World Cup, with Barcola and Dembele part of a club group that also includes Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaire-Emery and Desire Doue. France opened against Senegal and now move into a second group match that matters for momentum as well as qualification control.
PSG Interest Centres On France’s Attacking Options
For PSG supporters, the sharpest focus is on how France use Barcola and Dembele after a long club campaign under Luis Enrique. Barcola’s direct running and Dembele’s one-v-one threat both give Didier Deschamps ways to stretch Iraq if France dominate possession.
The wider Paris angle is workload. PSG ended the season with several key players moving straight into international duty, so every World Cup start, substitute appearance and recovery window matters before the squad returns for pre-season. The Iraq fixture is therefore more than a neutral group-stage date: it is the next live check on two of PSG’s most important wide forwards, according to PSG’s official World Cup schedule.
