France World Cup Betting
France have reached two World Cup finals, winning it in when they hosted the 1998 World Cup and then they were runners up in 2006 to Italy, in Germany. In 1998 they realised all the potential that they had threatened to do for many years and win with star player Zinedine Zidane on song they beat Brazil 3-0 in a very one sided final. It was a very different performance from Zidane in the 2006 final where he was sent from the field after the infamous head butting incident in his last ever football match. See World Cup Final 2006.
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The French were in the very first World Cup and it was a long time before they made it to the finals again, that came in the 1982 World Cup where they gained a creditable 4th place finish. In the 1986 World Cup they went one better coming 3rd so they are experienced in the latter stages of the tournament so can never be ruled out. They have been drawn in Group A in South Africa alongside the host nation, Mexico and Uruguay.
France were very poor in qualification for the 2010 World cup having to go to a play-off with the Republic of Ireland which would go onto become one of the most controversial World Cup games of all time. Deep into extra time with the Irish having played the better at the Stade De France, Thierry Henry performed what looked like to everyone a blatant handball to set up a goal for William Gallas, the referee awarded the goal to the dismay of the Irish and millions of fans and France had secured their place in South Africa.
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Current Form and Chances
France have been in poor form through qualification and just managed to scrape through the the play-off against the Irish, that win will give them a boost and they do have world class players throughout their team.
France will need to improve their current form but if they do click into gear then they are more than capable of going all the way in South Africa, the likes of Karim Benzema, Franck Ribery and Thierry Henry are all superstars who would grace any team so they are a very dangerous side.
