For at least eight years, France has been the deepest, most talented and best organized national team there is. Yet there always seems to be something missing to reach Olympus a third time
Four years ago only fate – and Leo Messi – took away France’s third World Cup in its history and Kylian Mbappé the Ballon d’Or. The center forward had scored a hat-trick in the final, an exceptional fact in itself, but he still had to accept the fate of the penalty shoot-out, and therefore of a defeat that crowned Argentina as the new queen of the world. Today, after enough time to put the pieces back together, Deschamps’s France – now in his last month as coach – presents itself in America with a squad full of talent and experience. Let’s see how France’s World Cup winning odds reflect the firepower of one of the strongest national teams ever.
FRANCE WORLD WINNING ODDS
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When you see them play they seem to be going three times faster than their predecessors. The Spain of Xavi, Iniesta and David Villa won, convinced and dominated world football for almost a decade, yet de la Fuente’s could be even stronger. No, we don’t want to be blasphemous, the coach’s squad lacks several world-class individuals (especially in defence) but the collective – and the way of constructing the match – in this case really seems to go beyond the personal limits of some elements of the squad. For this reason, choosing the France winning World Cup odds means having made the safest choice, the right one, the one that even the bookies would make. In fact, it is out at 5.00 for StarCasinò and Betsson, at 6.00 for Snai and at 6.20 for Stake.
ENOUGH KYLIAN?
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A name is enough to make opponents and intruders tremble. Kylian Mbappé, the alien from who knows what planet where you can breathe an air full of goals, has scored four goals in the last two World Cup finals. Even reading it (or writing it) you can’t really grasp what it means to do something like this. And therefore, if we don’t want to bet on the final victory – perhaps because we are missing Pogba, or because Theo Hernandez’s call-up doesn’t convince you – the France reaching the final odds is a declaration of love for what today is considered the strongest and most influential player in the world. He is out at 3.80 for Stake, 3.50 for BetFlag and 3.25 for MarathonBet and StarVegas.
June 13 – 11.06pm
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