The Debutant New Caledonia will clash heavyweight France in Indira Gandhi Stadium. Oceania’s New Caledonia will face a huge task when they will meet one of the top footballs playing nation on Sunday, as they go up against European giants France. While France have to win this play-off to qualify for the next stage of the tournament, New Caledonia made the final cut on desirable quality of reaching the finals of the Oceania U-17 Championships, where they were thumped 7-0 by New Zealand. Both France and New Caledonia will look to start the campaign with a win, but France is clear favorites going into the tie. Get live football score and live updates of New Caledonia vs France, FIFA U-17 World Cup, here.

 The winning nation France of the 2001 edition which takes place in Trinidad and Tobago, France have the battle against their opponent in only five of the 16 finals, and it will be the first time when they have qualified for successive editions after getting knocked out in the Round of 16 in 2015, Chile. France will look to get off to a remarkable start before the group's exhibition match against Japan on 11 October. But, at the moment, France is focussed on the game against their former colony. The last team to qualify for Europe, France have come well prepared, training with the likes of teams such as Olympique Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain.

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