Have no fear as the Champs are here!
France (-185) v. Morocco
World champions France ensured that it’s certainly not coming home with a hard-fought 2-1 win over England in their quarter-final, and now just two games stand in their way of becoming the first side since Brazil in 1962 to successfully defend their World Cup crown. Never doing things the easy way, France are the only side left in the tournament yet to record a clean sheet, falling behind or conceding an equaliser in four of their five games!
Les Bleus have some incredible attacking talents to thank for their progression to this stage with Kylian Mbappé (G5, A2) and record-breaking scorer Olivier Giroud (G4) making 11 goal contributions between them. French boss Deschamps admitted that his side “got lucky” against England and he may need yet another slice of luck after France lost three of their last six World Cup games against African nations, including a 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in this edition!
No matter what happens now, Morocco have made history at this tournament by becoming the first African nation to make it to the semi-finals of a World Cup. Morocco have already knocked out two giants of European football in the knockout phase with a penalties win over Spain preceding a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Portugal in the quarter-final, results which prompted boss Walid Regragui to brand Morocco the “Rocky of this World Cup”.