its wild that france can draw denmark 0-0. beat peru 1-0, and beat australia 2-1 and somehow they are dominant af because they beat a uruguay team that struggled the entire tournament 2-0 and beat belgium 1-0.

croatia has looked very poor during the knockouts but they dominated russia and somehow leaked 2 goals. still more than spain can say as far as scoring goals to begin with goes.

they outclassed an england team for large stretches and trippier made an amazing set piece early and they rallied back from that

this croatia team beat argentina 3-0 and looked great in doing so.

France probably wins but people writing off croatia doesnt make sense. this is one of the more evenly matched games that we will see this entire tournament

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Posted by RollTide4Ever

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Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:32 pm to sgallo3

Context is key. France didn't have its offense in place (trading Dembele for Girourd) when they played Australia. Peru is underrated, and France already won the group when they tied Denmark.

The Argentina Croatia played and the one France played were two different teams.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 7/14/18 at 3:58 pm to sgallo3

the thing is the matchup just isn't good for Croatia

they've done well b/c of mod/rak being the best CM duo outside of Spain (who apparently only brought CMs)

the issue is they VERY LIKELY won't be able to boss France's midfield. not Kante/Pogba. also the physical superiority will be immense. France is one of the few teams who can neuter Croatia's big advantage. that's why they're huge favorites

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