France vs Canada prediction: WORLD: Friendly International betting tips on match 2024-06-08 19:15.
[p]France wrap up their preparations before heading off to Germany for the European Championships with a game against Canada in Bordeaux, after dispatching lowly Luxembourg 3-0 in Metz on Wednesday. Perhaps not the strongest pair of opponents to prepare for a tough group at the Euros featuring the Netherlands, Austria and Poland, manager Didier Deschamps can at least use these two games to finalise his plans. [/p]
[p]A win would only further boost the confidence in the French camp, as it’ll mean they’ve lost just twice in 14 games since suffering heartbreak in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Final (W11, D1). The Blues have in fact made the final in three of their last four major tournaments, proving why they’re one of the favourites to end a 24-year drought for a European Championship crown, the last of which was raised by current manager Deschamps who captained that team in 2000.[/p]
[p]Euro 2024 is just the beginning of a string of international football tournaments going on this summer, with the Olympics and Copa AmĂ©rica soon to kickoff too. Some might be confused to see Canada competing in the latter this year, after being one of six Concacaf guest nations to be invited to this year’s edition. [/p]
[p]The Canadians will be thrown straight into the fire in their opening game of the tournament, which comes against reigning Copa América holders and the team who stripped France of their title of World Champions in 2022, Argentina. That means the Reds are due to face the top two countries in the world according to FIFA’s ranking, a tall order since they were beaten 4-0 by the seventh-ranked nation the Netherlands in their last game. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: What a week it’s been for France’s Kylian Mbappé, who not only had his dream move to Real Madrid announced, but also had a hand in all three goals against Luxembourg (G1, A2) to bring up the crazy stat of having more goal contributions that games played for his country (P78: G47, A33). Hoping to upstage him will be another Ligue 1 star in Jonathan David, who usually brings goodluck having won 20 of his 22 games (L2) when scoring for Canada. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: The same half-time result has been replicated come full-time in nine of France’s last 11 matches.[/p]