France strikers Kylian Mbappé and Randal Kolo Muani continued their rich vein of form over the weekend to stake their claim in Didier Deschamps' starting line-up for the national team in the quarter-finals of the Nations League against Croatia next month.

Deschamps was without the services of Mbappé during the side's last sorties against Israel and Italy for the final games in their Group 2 campaign in November.

Kolo Muani featured in the team that began the games in Saint-Denis and Milan but failed to hit the target.

At the time, the 26-year-old cut a forlorn figure as he dawdled on the bench at Paris Saint-Germain. Coach Luis Enrique often preferred to play a formation in which a midfielder surged into the centre forward position rather than deploying a target man at spearhead.

A move on loan in January to Juventus in Italy has re-energised the forward.

He notched up five goals in his opening three games to become the first player to achieve the feat since Roberto Baggio in 1990. His assist for Francisco Conceição's winner on Sunday night over Inter took Juve into the positions offering a berth in next season's Champions League.

Ronaldo went on to finish with 33 in 35 games in all competitions.

"He is very attached to the French team, even if he had a complicated period," said Deschamps who spoke during his interview with the French sports newspaper L'Equipe about his successor.