Why France Should Win the World Cup

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today, France is playing Morocco in the final game at
Jillette Stadium, which is, as you know, as stones throwaway
from where the klooner Man lives. It is a quarterfinal match.
France is considered the favorite. However, Morocco has a very
good team. They finished fourth in the last World Cup.

(00:22):
They've gotten even better since then. They drew Brazil one
pint one in the group stage and they are considered
a deadly team. They can scare you, they can defeat
you on a bad night. They've got some excellent offensive
strikers and they know how to possess the ball, and
they play together with a lot of energy, passion and pride. France, however,

(00:48):
is right now soccer superpower. There is no other country
in the world that can match the talent, the top
tier players, the offensive five power, the superstars led by Mabape,
but there are many others on this France national team. Look,

(01:08):
if France plays their game, they should defeat Morocco. I'm
not saying it's going to be easy. Probably two to one,
three to one, two zero. In other words, I think
France should win, win fairly comfortably. But with Morocco, they've
got a very very defense that can really hold off

(01:31):
defender offensive players, forgive me, and they can counterattack and
score if you leave them the openings and if you're
lazy on the ball. France, however, is coming in with
all the energy, all the momentum. To me, they are
clearly the team to beat in this tournament. They are

(01:52):
the class of the tournament. The only other team that
I think is a second place team is on their
heels and maybe could knock them off on a bad day,
is Spain. Spain now will probably play France in the
semi finals, should Spain take care of business and should

(02:13):
obviously France defeat Morocco. But I don't think the Spaniards
are good enough to beat France, and ultimately this will
set up either France England or France Norway in the
actual or France Argentina in the finals. Argentina is not
good enough to beat France. They are not the team

(02:34):
they were four years ago. Their defense is very porous,
their offense is not as good. They have been living dangerously.
France will destroy Argentina. England is good, Harry Kine, They've
got some other strikers. I think they can give France
a run for their money. But again, France has just

(02:56):
too many stars, too much talent, too much claus, too
much quality. I don't think England can beat France. Norway
is a dark horse team. They can beat anybody on
a given night, but David can only beat Goliath so
many times they have triumphed over Brazil, They'll have to

(03:17):
defeat England. After that, they'll have to defeat Argentina. By then,
I think they will be exhausted. France should wipe the
floor with them. So if France plays the kind of
soccer that they are capable of, my prediction they should
defeat Morocco. Whoever they play in the semifinals is probably Spain.

(03:41):
That may actually be the World Cup final. I think
those are the two best teams in the tournament. France,
I think will handle Spain and then the final is
theirs for the taking, unless over confidence brings them down.
The only team that can ultimately beat frank France is France,

(04:02):
and that's the one chink in their armor. Defensively, they
are very solid. Their midfield is almost perfect, and they
have the finest strikers in the game, and they're very
strong at net. They're as close to an unbeatable team
as I've seen in a long time, but they do
tend to underestimate their opponents at times. They play with arrogance,

(04:26):
even hubris, and they like to sort of turn it on,
turn it off, turn it on, turn it off, almost
play with their opponents. If anything will to bring them down,
it's the fact that they have too much arrogance and
too much overconfidence on their team, and that could be

(04:46):
their worst enemy. But unless they defeat themselves, this is
now France's tournament to lose. Don't get me wrong, I'm
not rooting for the French. I'm not. In fact of
all the time teams left, I think I want Norway
to win. I like underdogs. I like teams that play
with a lot of heart and a lot of pride,

(05:07):
patriotism and pluck, and that to me defines the Vikings Norway.
But I'm not talking I'm with my heart. I'm talking
with my head. And if I look at the teams
that are left, the eight remaining teams, France is the
class of the field and this should be their World Cup.

(05:29):
We'll find out. But my prediction, Morocco goes down and
France moves on to the semis