France vs Ukraine Soccer Betting Picks – World Cup

On Wednesday evening, the star ensemble of France will take on Ukraine. The French would like to defend their world title next year, but first have to qualify for the final round in Qatar.

France vs Ukraine Soccer Betting Picks – World Cup

France was the country that managed to seize the world title three years ago. Twenty years after the first World Cup title, France was again the best in the world in Russia. The national coach who was responsible for that great success, Didier Deschamps, still holds sway at Les Bleus. After the World Cup title, qualification for the European Championship followed (in 2019) and last year they performed strongly in the Nations League. The French won five of the six group duels against not childish opponents such as Portugal, Croatia and Sweden, qualifying them for the Final Four. The matches for this are scheduled for October.

Ukraine is also a participant in the European Championship final tournament this summer. The Eastern Europeans were well ahead of Portugal and Serbia in their qualifying group. Last year, Ukraine played in League A of the Nations League. This went less well than the European Championship qualification. However, Ukraine was also in a tough group, with opponents such as Germany, Spain and Switzerland. The team of national coach Andriy Shevchenko finished in last place and thus dropped one level.

The workforce for France vs Ukraine

-Deschamps really has a huge pool of potential internationals to choose from. The French top players are active in all top competitions in Europe. The choices that Deschamps has to make are mainly luxury choices.

-In this qualifying pool, France is the big favorite, with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Finland as the strongest opponents next to Ukraine.

-So now the focus must be on placement for the World Cup in Qatar. Group win seems a bit too high, with the strong France as the opponent. Last year, Ukraine lost 7-1 to the French in a friendly game. But the numbers two also have a chance. They play playoffs for starting tickets for the final round.

-Shevchenko’s team probably has Bosnia as the most serious competitor in that area. The selection of Ukraine is certainly not bad in terms of quality, with players such as Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta Bergamo) Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City) and Roman Yaremchuk (Racing Genk).