Here is our soccer prediction with review.
It’s time for the highly anticipated World Cup 2018 final. One against another in the last battle of the World Cup, held in Russia, will be the teams of France and Croatia. The two European teams have come to this match completely deserved and will now come out in a final battle that will determine the World Cup winner. France has experience of similar finals, while for the Croats this will be the first World Cup final. The match will be played at Luzhniki in Moscow, with expectations for a full stadium.
How did the two teams reach this final?
France started its participation in the group C tournament, where the teams of Australia, Peru and Denmark were still in the tournament. They won their first two games against the first two teams and in their third match they scored zero draws against Denmark to head the group. In the semi-finals, the team faced Argentina, where Leo Messi and company 4-3 played in a spectacular match. There was a new clash against a team from South America, this time Uruguay. The ΒΌ-final collision was quite controversial, but France eventually won 2-0 and found a place among semi-finalists. There the french team had to face the motivated team of Belgium. The meeting was definitely quite controversial, and France eventually lied its rival and won 1-0 to reach the final clash.
The Croats, for their part, found a place in one of the worst group in the race.They were together with Iceland, Nigeria and Argentina. However, the team did not show any weaknesses in their three Group D games and won them, leading this group. Following was the second round against Denmark, which finished 1-1 in regular time and after extra time to reach penalties that Croatia won 3-2. In the next phase, the team faced Russia and again we did not see a winner in regular time and extra time. The match ended 2-2 and the Croats were more accurate than the host and won 4-3 to qualify for the semi-finals. There was England waiting for them. The duel between them turned out to be quite interesting, with the Croats having problems at the start of the match and lagging behind in the outcome. Still, they managed to reach the equalizing goal and again scored the game in extra time. There Croatia showed great football and deservedly won with a 2-1 final result.
The news from the camp of France
The French arrived at this World Championship hurt by the lost final of the home European Championship 2 years ago. Now France has the opportunity to rectify after qualifying for the second consecutive final of a big football forum. Certainly critics of the french players will say that the team does not show their full potential, but Didier Deschamps can disprove them at once. The truth is that so far France plays very well in each of its games and shows progress in every passing match. It was clear that the team had players from all parts of the field that could score goals. France will try not to repeat the defeat from Portugal two years ago. The team has all of its competitors, not missing, so Deshamps will be able to bet on the best.
The News of Croatia
Croatia is the team with the most minutes of the World Cup in Russia. The team played sequels in each of their matches in the elimination phase. However, “chess players” should not be written off. In each of their fights, they showed their undisputed class and, in addition, they did not feel fatigue in their game. How do we expect this in the most important match when the motivation is at peak levels? Croatia made a great impression in the group stage, while in the eliminations it seems to have slightly dropped the pace or at least it seemed. The Croats have shown that they are ready to go through everything to reach the most important battle. Certainly Zlatko Dalich’s boys will be ready for another big clash. Ivan Perissic had slight complaints in his thigh but would be ready for this meeting. Missing is not expected.
France vs. France Croatia – statistics
The statistics of previous matches between the two teams are quite curious, especially because Croatia still has no victory against the French in 5 games. Of these, the “cocks” have won in 3 fights. Only once did the two teams play at the World Cup, as happened in 1998, in the semifinals of the French Championship, which the hosts win. France defeated Croatia 2-1 and subsequently won in the final against Brazil. Croatia remains in 3rd place in the race. At Euro 2004, the two teams meet in the group stage when they finish 2-2. These are their only two official meetings. Now the most important thing is ahead. France has 2 World Cup finals, one already mentioned, while in the other, in 2006, they have lost to Italy after penalties. Croatia has never played in the World Cup final, with the team becoming the 13th nation to reach the finals of the most prestigious football championship.
Surely we are waiting for a spectacle, because in both teams there are exceptional class performers who can make this final great. France has the experience, the peace and most fresh forces, while the Croats have the motivation and the necessary emotion to fight to the end. However, there can only be one winner. Our opinion is that this will be France. The French have lost the Euro 2016 final when they showed a much more spectacular game, but now they know what they need for a trophy and this time they will not be wrong. Croatia deserves only good words for its performance, but will have to settle for second place, which is also a great success. Our forecast for this match is a victory for France. As a second option for the goals in the game, we will point out over 1.5 goals in the match, this market having a satisfactory rate.
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