Morocco looks to shock the world when it faces defending champ France in the World Cup semifinals. Here's a betting preview from Frankie_Fantasy
now displays defending champion France as the favorite to win the World Cup for a second consecutive time at odds of +110. France is followed by Argentina at +163 and Croatia at +700. Morocco, France’s opponent in the semifinals, rounds out the quartet at +1000., in the quarterfinals after Harry Kane failed to convert his second penalty kick of the game. The defending World Cup champions have made a deep run despite having to overcome pivotal injuries to Karim Benzema and Paul Pogba.
Didier Deschamps's crew, which has won four of five World Cup matches, has outscored their opponents 12-4.first African nation to make it to the semifinals of the World Cup after upsetting Portugal, 1-0 . Walid Regragui’s backline defensive alignments have played a major role in enabling Yassine Bounou to notch consecutive clean sheets . In fact, Bounou has only conceded one goal in five World Cup games.
Can Morocco’s defensive tactics prevent Mbappe and company from finding the back of the net in its nation’s biggest game ever? The massive edge in experience and talent finds France as -500 favorites to advance in a likely low-scoring affair.
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