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The French, the heavy favorites here Nick I mean
they're clicking through the gears they had that lost to
Tunisia but rested rotated, a lot of players deschamps gave
all the big guns really a day off there or brought them on
late on the game
and Poland. Obviously we know they somehow got through but
haven't looked great throughout the tournament
Lewandowski has a lot service
so yeah, everything's Looking like a pretty easy win for
France, but as we know at this world cup, that is not always
the case.
It isn't. I just can't, I just can't imagine
France at this point. Everyone can have a bad game.
I think it's a mismatch to Poland. I think it's almost at
the level of Argentina Australia. I know that sounds
silly because Poland can show up and give us something we
haven't seen. Maybe they were saving something
from that game, but I haven't seen anything over three games
from a team that I thought. Entering the tournament could
have some Dark Horse potential. They are not showing me
the route to get the ball to Robert Lewandowski.
They're just not showing me how they're going to do that
against a good team.
Yeah I mean they'll defend Randy and just kind of hold on
but you look at France, the attacking options, christman's
having a great tournament asthma and mlas, you're rude
with a couple of girls and that way is on fire.
That's just going forward and
in Midfield. Players are playing well
at the back, not really been. Tested so far, I get I know
they lost it in his ear, but might not change. Give they
already kind of knew they had first place in the group rap
tops. We can't read too much into that. So, as this
when France really
shows, everyone, why the reigning Champs are right up
there with the favorites to win. Again,
I think it is and I think their game against Denmark of
the three group games, probably the most instructive, the one that
we can take the most from because it would have obviously
been, you know, the the
most difficult competition. They were felt they would have
come up against the team that probably knows them very well
from Just familiarity and everything and the performance
they put in that game
especially from Killian and bopping getting both goals.
Antoine Griezmann was was fantastic in that game, whose
mundum belly was really dangerous and that one as well.
That says to me that this is a team that still has a lot more
to go there. Best competition, they face they put in their
best performance and so you get into The Knockout rounds.
Obviously, a lot of these points. Some of these players,
I guess the, you know, there's a number of them that were
the on the, the 2018 team are not available through injuries
right now and some
I've moved on but there's enough experience still in
there that I think they get into The Knockout rounds. It's
business time and we are going a lot like we just talked about
with Argentina. I think we're going to see something
getting into The Knockout rounds worth
this tournament gets serious in The Knockout rounds, and
the big teams, the Giants. They get really serious as well and that
can be scary for everyone else. Yeah. And obviously, the winner
of France, Poland plays the winner of England, Senegal in
the quarterfinals. So
that's going to be pretty interested in there.
Whoever goes through, but Knicks, School predictions for
France against Poland. What you thinking?
To nothing to nothing to France.
Andy you said exactly what I wanted to say on both of them
so far Nick.
Yeah to nil makes sense. It's just going to be
you know where does Poland's chances come from Lewandowski.
Has been completely isolate. He is he's a missing man on one
hand but he also has not seen service from anyone on his side
so I just don't know where the chances are going to come from
for them.
Yeah I think so I'm going to go to one to France. I think
I might be a little bit tighter and Poland may find. Something
just because it's The Knockout rounds and they are nothing
really to lose. Now, right there in
and it's already a successful tournament I think for them to
get into the last 16 so they can have a bit of a go this
time.
There will be a good game but we all expect France to go
through and it's a potential quarter-final against England
but I'm not getting ahead of myself at all. Don't worry
about that,
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