I think the difference is having Tchaomeni (sp?) as your midfield partner and the keystone cops that we’ve got.
Having a Tchouameni-type player next to Pogba is obviously different to the midfield partners we put next to Pogba but if you have a look at the rest of the France team, there are more differences as well. For what its worth - France played with 3 CBs, usually with that sort of defense, one of the CBs is allowed to step out and support midfield in the areas of the pitch, that are mostly worked by a DM. France also played Parvard and Theo Hernandez as Wingbacks, both strong players, who work a lot and are very sound defensively. That is a hell of fundament to play on and it helps Pogba because not everything stands and falls with him. We all know, what he is capable of in the right setup, but at United we a) haven't really seen any setups that really favor him (maybe the LM role) and b) aren't equipped with compatible midfield partners. Plus, I am not sure, how well it would be received to see a United team set up like that
-------------------De Gea--------------------
--- Lindelof - Maguire - Varane ---
AWB ------- X ----- Pogba ----- Shaw
--------------------Bruno----------------------
---------Ronaldo ----- ??-------------------
Are we ready to bench 4 out of 7 players including Greenwood, Rashford, Sancho, Cavani, Bruno, Ronaldo, Martial? Just to accomodate Pogba?