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France
France, as a finalist of Euro 2016, was initially considered one of the main favorites of the tournament, and her way to the 2018 World Cup showed that unlike Germany or Brazil, the experts were not mistaken about the French.
France passed the group stage in an economical mode: after rather difficult victories over Australia (2: 1) and Peru (1: 0), Didier Deschamps wards cynically rolled with Denmark a "dry" draw - the result that arranged both teams and allowed to save forces on the playoff -off.
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The forces were saved not in vain - in the 1/8 finals the French in excellent style knocked out the national team of Argentina (4: 3) and Lionel Messi, and in the quarter finals confidently beat the remaining without Edison Cavani, Uruguay - 2: 0.
In the semifinals, the team of Deschamps was confronted by a fast and attacking Belgian team, but the French coach managed to rebuild his team's game to neutralize both Romel Lukaku and Eden Azar, keeping the minimal victory, which was enough for the final - 1: 0.
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Croatia
The national team of Croatia, from which, despite all the stars, no one expected much, held a brilliant group stage, after which they started talking about her seriously as one of the favorites.
The Balkan team confidently beat the athletic and quick team of Nigeria (2: 0), one Argentina led (3: 0), and in the final match of the group stage snatched victory from the uncompromising Iceland (2: 1).
And we can not say that the opponents were too strong - in the 1/8 finals the team of Denmark (1: 1, 3: 2 on penalties), in 1/4 finals - Russia (2: 2, 3: 2 on penalties), in semi-final - England (2: 1 d.v.)
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As a result, Croatia for the first time in its history reached the final of the World Cup, but spent much more energy, in fact playing for one match more (three overtime for 30 minutes).
In doubt, participation in the finals of Mario Mandzhukich and Ivan Perisic.
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Forecast
In the upcoming match, bookmakers give the advantage of "les Bleus": the victory of the French national team - 1,91, the victory of the national team of Croatia - 4,50, the draw in regular time - 3,20.
The fact that, as a result, the World Cup will lift the French team give a coefficient of 1.44, Croatia's success is bet with a coefficient of 2.75.
Against the Croats and statistics: two draws with three defeats in the face-to-face meetings. The latter - in 2011, in the friendly match, which ended with a score of 0: 0.
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After a month of football festival, the World Cup 2018 is time to finish in Moscow on Sunday, with the winners of the 1998 World Cup against France facing Croatia, who first appeared in the final. France was always expected to get away in this tournament, and that's no surprise given the wide range of talents available to them. They have world-class talent in all directions and know how to win. That's exactly what they did in their semi-final against Belgium. Samuel Umtitti was the great hero after he scored the only shot in the game. When France made situations in front of his door, Ugo Loris was always incredible. France deserved the victory 1-0 and after not allowing a goal in their match against Uruguay in the quarter-finals, they will again hope not to get hit in the match with Croatia.
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Croatia's golden generation is already in serious football, but Luka Modric is determined to lead his country to a triumph at the 2018 World Cup, which is likely to be his final World Cup. Real Madrid's midfielder is Croatia's leader and he showed his class on Wednesday when he picked up his country in the second half and made a full turn over England. The Croats controlled the match after the break and totally deserved the equalizing goal that scored Ivan Perisic and although they played two consecutive games in extra time, they were very physically fit. In the end, Mario Manjukic took advantage of a terrible lack of concentration in the defense of England shortly before the end of the extra time to send Croatia to their first World Cup final.
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News around the clubs:
France
Didier Dessan is not expected to make any changes to the final, as Varan and Umtitti will act in the center of defense, while Pavar and Hernandez will play on the backs. It is expected that Bles Matthew will recover from his clash with Eden Azar in the semi-final and starts up as a champion, but if that does not happen, we'll see Torelis.
Probable composition: Loris, Pavar, Varan, Umtitti, Hernandez, Kante, Pugba, Matthew, Grisman, Babe, Girush
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Croatia
Ivan Strenich and Mario Manjukic were on the brink of their forces against England on Wednesday evening, but are expected to be restored for the final because Zlatko Daliich relies heavily on them. Most likely, the Croatian mentor will not make any changes to the team and will bet on the same starting 11 as against England.
Probable composition: Subasic, Vrsalko, Lovren, Vida, Strinic, Brozovich, Modrich, Rakitic, Perisic, Rebich, Manjukic.
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Pre-match Facts:
France reached its third World Cup final by winning one (1998) and losing the other in penalty shootout (2006). Their three appearances in the 1998 Finals are more than any other team over the last 20 years, including Brazil and Germany (2)
Croatia reached its first World Championship final, becoming the 13th nation and the 10th European country to do so
Croatia has won all three World Cup elimination matches in 2018 either through extra time or through penalties - no team has played extra time in four World Cup matches
Didier Dessan may become the third to win the World Cup as a player and as a manager after Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer. He has won 73% of his World Cup matches (8 out of 11), this being the best ratio for a manager who has had over 10 matches in the tournament
France - Croatia: Forecast
As far as the prediction is concerned, it is quite possible to get a nerve finish. After all, we do not expect France to make the same mistakes as England and their support to win in the regular time seems like a good choice, and you can also bet on a -1.0 Asian handicap on the "cocks".
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Forecast: 1
Odds: 1.95 in WINBET
Interesting markets in WinBet:
France -1.0 Asian Handicap - 2.75 Exp. in WINBET
France to score 1st - 1.65 odds. i
Over 1.5 goals - 1.55 odds.
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