Eventhough he won some balls back, it's not about that. He is not a defensive midfielder in any way shape or form. Nor is he a deeplying playmaker. Whenever France won the ball he went back as far as Umtiti and Koscielny to receive the ball and distribute it. From then he had 2 options: Long balls a la Pirlo, which he actually can play, but that is very hard, Portugal was absolutely ready for it, or pass the ball to one of the two most uncreative midfielders in world football, Sissoko and Matuidi. The only thing that linked midfield and attack were Sissoko's runs. That is wrong on so many levels and Pogba can do nothing about that. It's just not his fault. You could clearly see his frustration. Against Germany, when Kante came on, he finally moved up the pitch. It took about 1 minute until he set up the 2nd goal. If you didn't realise all that in 120 mins don't even talk about football please...