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Hugo Lloris: France must 'up our level' against Netherlands

Hugo Lloris says France will need to "up our level" if they are to succeed against Netherlands in Monday's World Cup qualifier.

France were rarely in danger of dropping points in a 4-1 win over Bulgaria on Friday, but Lloris said the same level of performance would not cut it against the Dutch.

"For the next game, the level will probably be higher against a very talented team," the Tottenham keeper said. "[Netherlands] are rebuilding the team but they have ambitions for this campaign.

"It's a great football nation and it'll be up to us to up our level -- what we did tonight won't be enough, we'll have to be more aggressive, more serious.

"But we have to keep doing the same things offensively, keep moving, keep passing. Tonight we've seen very good combinations, the goals came from this. This is very good and we have to keep it."

After failing to qualify for Euro 2016, Netherlands began their World Cup campaign with a draw against Sweden and a win over Belarus.