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Even though theFrench national team hasn't won as many World Cup tournaments as someof the other teams, they've always posed a threat and looked like ateam which may lift the Cup. The closest they came to victory was inthe last neymar jr jerseys FIFA World Cup tournament in 2008 where they lost to Italy inthe finals during the penalty shootouts.Their road to thisyear's World Cup wasn't as glamorous as Brazil's but they did the jobwhich was needed to be done, which was to qualify for the World Cup.Many would say that the team may not win this paul pogba jerseys year's cup based on theirpre-World Cup campaign but even before the last World Cup in Germanythe French had flirted with disaster before being qualified and thenthey went on to reach the finals and almost lift the Cup for the secondtime.

The midfield will be taken care of by LassanaDiarra and Jeremy Toulalan while William Gallas will be a strong forceat the back.Raymond Domenech, who has now become the longestserving French National soccer team coach, will be hoping that thisWorld Cup campaign will be the time when he lifts his first cup sincehe took up the job in 2004. The coach who came into the team with a lotof philippe coutinho jerseys public support in 2004 has seen the support die out after the teamfailed to perform well in the 2008 UEFA Euro Cup.The World Cup bettingodds don't really favor the French but that is no different from thelast World Cup where they surprised all the bookies by reaching thefinals. The current World Cup betting odds places France on the 8thposition with odds of 20/1.

These World cup betting odds are updateddaily depending on team results and performances.Finally comingdown to the group that the French have been placed in, the Les Bluesfind themselves in a comfortable group which comprises of Mexico, hostsSouth Africa and underdogs Uruguay. While Mexico is a strong opponentwhich might pose problems for the French during their encounter on the17th of June, the other two teams don't seem to pose any grave threats.However, each team which has qualified for the World Cup has enoughpotential to upset any team in the tournament and that is why theFrench will not be taking South Africa and Uruguay very lightly andwill try their best to win these games with their best players on thefield.

But the rivalry is taken to another level – whenever one of these teams loses a match, the supporters of the other team hit the streets with deafening car-cades to celebrate the loss.Not very sporting attitude, I hear you say! No, thomas muller jerseys not at all! When England were eliminated against Portugal in World Cup 2006, car-cades of Italian soccer supporters continued throughout the night, and tourists who were not aware of this rivalry did not have a clue as to why Italian soccer fans were celebrating since their team had not played yet!But while this rivalry may be very annoying to some, it is very amusing to others. “I just hope Italy are eliminated before the England Squad, that would be satisfying enough, I will tease my workmates and get back at them for World Cup 2006”, says England supporter Luke Borg.