France, Feb. 17 -- France strikers Kylian Mbappe 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 Mbappe 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 f...