America here they are. Six days before their debut in the tournament against Senegal, the players of the France team and their management arrived on Wednesday in Boston where they will establish their base camp during the World Cup. It is at exactly 1:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. GMT, 9:00 p.m. in Paris) that the first of the 104 matches of this extraordinary World Cup, contested between 48 teams, will kick off.