It seems hard to believe, but there was no World Cup Soccer yesterday, and we have just a handful of days remaining as we’ve now reached the Quarterfinals. In College Hoops, this would be known as the Elite Eight. The Round of 32 was a bit boring in terms of results, but the Round of 16 had a lot of wild games and some very close calls. I’m excited to see what the Quarterfinals bring us today. The first game of this round comes from France and Morocco, who square off today.
France is the current favorite to win the World Cup, but they have to get past a very strong Moroccan team today. There are a number of stars on this French team, one that has so many good players it is hard to see them losing. They have one of the best scorers in Kylian Mbappe, and they have another strong scorer and offensive threat in Ousmane Dembele. There aren’t too many teams that have multiple threats on offense, but the French team does. That doesn’t even count all of the major players on defense who have combined to allow just two goals this World Cup.
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In order to get to this spot in the tournament, Senegal was the first team that France disposed of. This was not a clean sheet as they did allow one goal, but they won with relative ease. From there, they dominated an over matched Iraq team and played Norway without their best player. In the Round of 32, France had a bit of trouble before breaking the game open against Sweden, winning 3-0. Paraguay gave France all they could handle before the Frenchmen took it 1-0.
Morocco is facing a tough battle as they are not the favorite to win this game, and if you believe conspiracy theories, FIFA does not want them to win. We saw some questionable whistles, calls, and other things go against Egypt as they played Argentina. You have to wonder if the organization does the same thing here to keep France in it. Although France really shouldn’t need any help. That isn’t to dismiss Morocco. I very much like their team and have been impressed with their performance to this point.
Getting to this game is not the end goal, though. They made it to the World Cup Semifinals last World Cup and want to get back there again. They started their tournament with a draw against Brazil. Since then, they’ve had four straight wins. They took down Scotland with a 1-0 win, and then took down Haiti 4-2. The game against the Netherlands was fantastic as it ended in penalty kicks. Last round, they made light work of Canada.
The last time these two teams played, there was a lot on the line. They had a chance to get into the World Cup Final, but it wasn’t that exciting of a game. France took a 1-0 lead extremely early with a goal in the first five minutes. Nothing really happened after that for about 75 minutes. Then France scored again and won the game 2-0.
Today, I just think France still has too much for Morocco to handle. They are a very good team that really doesn’t have much of a weakness. That doesn’t mean they can’t be beaten, but I just don’t see this being a game where there are a ton of goals, or an upset. I’m going to back the under 2.5 as I think history repeats itself with a 2-0 French victory. Also, France to win the World Cup is still good value at +185. I’ll be investing in that as well.
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