If this match is not included, the 21/22-year-old Croatian defender will also play a great tournament. It was he who managed to keep Lukaku from scoring a few times, which kept them going. I think the big clubs will all sign up. We often see large transfers after the World Cup, all based on 1 tournament. Manchester United want gakpo, but is he as good as everyone else makes him out to be? The games in which he scored were against mediocre teams. You didn't see him against Argentina.

Early in the second half there was another chance for Argentina. The trajectory that Argentina has taken to reach the final is very similar to that of Spain in 2010. They lost the first match against Switzerland, but then won all other matches. It is too early to say that they will become world champions, but they have also shown a lot of resilience after the defeat against Saudi Arabia. I remember when the bookmakers had put Argentina at odds of 12 or 13.0 if they were still champions. That will be around 2.50 after tonight. France is clearly stronger than Argentina.

Great draw that Arsenal and Barcelona are linked. I don't remember them ever playing against each other for the Europa League or the Uefa Cup in the past. They have played against each other quite a few times in the CL. I can remember a game that Arsenal came to 0-1 in Barcelona, but in the end Barcelona won 4-1. I also find it difficult to pass judgment on Xavi. Has he done well or not yet? The game is better but he will have to start winning prizes. Last year against Frankfurt they gave away both games.

It is a pity that we now have to wait a few months for the new start of the Formula 1 season. I don't see any news yet regarding any new contracts or new drivers, but the season also doesn't start until March/April. In any case, Red Bull will start the new season as the favorite. Ferrari have had a disappointing season, especially when you consider how well they started the season. Leclerc seemed to be able to enter into a serious title fight with Verstappen, but has dropped out very often. And Hamilton? He has won 0 races this season.

The new round in the competition in Italy will start again on January 4 in 2023. Then we also have a game that is crucial for the championship, namely Inter Milan against Napoli. I'm curious how both teams came out of the winter break. If Napoli manages to win this match, Inter's backlog will become very large and it will no longer be possible to oversee it. They must therefore win in order to continue to have a chance at the championship. Furthermore, I do not see any top posters in this round, but that does not mean that the top teams in Italy will easily win these matches. Most Serie A players have not competed in the World Cup, so they have had a long preparation time.

Barcelona are playing better than last season, with the note that they now also have Lewandowsky at their disposal. I don't know with what attitude Barcelona approached the Season in the EL. They want to win as many trophies as possible, but elimination in the CL and being sentenced to the EL feels like a defeat for a club like Barcelona. They are good enough to win the tournament, but they are also motivated enough. Last season they underestimated the situation in the match against Frankfurt. Let's assume they learned a lesson from that. In any case, not a nice draw for the eighth final.

The advantage for many Italian teams is that their players have not been part of the world championship. Players from Juventus have therefore had extra rest. In any case, they have had a long time to think about the situation. At Inter Milan it was not good the first half of the season either, but I still see potential for that team. AC Milan could still become champions, but it is also a team with a lot of experience. And Girou always scores goals everywhere, someone like that decides a lot of matches for you. The question is whether Giroud can still be held after his performance at the world championship.

Napoli may have had the best half of the season of all. The defeat against Liverpool in the CL could also have been won. And with the draw for the next round, they also have plenty of opportunities as they have drawn Frankfurt. That might be the CL's biggest surprise to date. I think Napoli will easily continue, provided they can maintain the level of the past few months. Barcelona also choked on Frankfurt in the EL last year. And then hope for CL that they can keep their selection together in the winter.

The English league will also start again soon. Many players of the English team are not waiting for that at all. They are just so good that they really can't be missed. Processing the elimination at the World Cup will also take some time. Kane will have to stand there again with Tottenham Hotspurs for the next game. Normally in England they continue playing football during the winter, so now they will have an even busier schedule than last season as the PL is shut down for a few weeks due to the World Cup.

If you still bet that Morocco will become world champion, you can do so against odds of around 10.0
This means that the chance that Morocco will become world champion is nil according to the bookmakers, but a victory by France over Morocco is good for odds of 1.60
Still quite high, if you compare the level of France's match yesterday with Morocco's matches. For Kane it was very sour that he missed a penalty, it can happen to the best of course. What we should not forget is that there will also be a match for the 3rd/4th place at the World Cup.

The problems related to the KYC are probably not too bad. It's not something that has come up out of the blue in recent months. It has been current for years and perhaps longer than that. At every regular gambling site you will be asked to identify yourself via the KYC procedure. If we are talking about a gambling site that only accepts crypto, it will of course be a different story. A licensee can demand all kinds of things, but how are they going to check all of that? That is tedious and complex work, I think that the authorities are busy with completely different things than checking such matters.

Girona is not a French team but a Spanish team. I think that the top teams in France are disappointing, we can expect more from teams like Marseille and especially Monaco. Monaco is a very rich state, you would expect that they would attract better players in recent years? Finding the same sponsor as PSG isn't easy, but I think they can underperform now. PSG has suddenly emerged in the last 10 years, before that it was just a normal club, and it did not become champions of France. Maybe Mnoaco should bring Depay back? It is a pity that PSG has let Xavi Simons go to PSV.

Public opinion is often in favor of the outsider that it continues. We saw that yesterday in Croatia against Brazil, and again today. We are selling Morocco short if we say that they have defended the entire match, they have too much quality for that. The semi-final is off my mind Wednesday, so they can rest for a few days now. France - England would also be a long battle with hard play. But I don't think we will surpass the number of yellow cards in the match ARG - NED 

In the league, they only have Real Madrid as a title competitor. The cards are very different in the Europa League. There you have many more hurdles that you have to take to become champion, and you are not allowed to make any mistakes. In the competition you can still afford a defeat here and there. I think Barcelona is a contender for the title in the Europa League, but not very easily. Real Madrid actually has a much better team than Barcelona to become champion in the Spanish league. Are we going to see several more transfers in the winter period in the Spanish top teams?

The winner of France - England is in my opinion the favorite for the final victory. Argentina may have Messi, but otherwise they showed little against the Netherlands yesterday. Without Messi, they would have been eliminated by now. Or would we see another outsider in Portugal? I do not assume that Morocco can provide a surprise. Speaking of outsider, Croatia should also not be erased. Losing finalist of the World Cup in 2018. Who knows, it will succeed this year. After all, they have the best midfielder of the tournament: Modric.

Morocco - Portugal nothing special has happened yet, but you can see that Portugal plays football a bit easier. Not surprising when you look at how much quality there is in the team. Argentina won with the heels over the ditch via penalties yesterday, but should have decided long ago in regular playing time. Tonight, all eyes will mainly be on the match between England and France, a classic that, according to the bookmaker, could go either way. France is my favorite.

Bruges is the surprise so far in the tournament. They didn't have an ultra strong group, but they won the group with full conviction and they didn't lose a single match. Won away at Atletico with 0-4, then you can basically go far. The draw for the eighth finals is not bad either, but maybe that will also be the end station. I can't name any star players from Bruges, but as a team they are very functional. Last year they played in about the same composition, but were then in the group stage at both PSG and Manchester City. Not surprising that they did not continue from that group then.

You can come up with all kinds of techniques/strategies, in the end you don't have a 100% guarantee that you will win. You can, however, optimize your chances by doing proper research. And then you have the division between sports betting and blind betting in a casino. I think a lot has already been said about both, but in sports things can still be manipulated because bribery and match fixing, for example, are sometimes abused. You have people who make a lot of money gambling, but you can assume that they have certain inside information that always gives them a big advantage over blind gambling.

Particularly good that Croatia has managed to qualify for the semi-finals. And in 2018 they were also finalists. Why not become a champion again or even become a champion? They have also achieved impressive results in the Nations League. They didn't get to play football against Brazil, but who will against that team? That's not many countries. I think Croatia has a serious chance to reach the final, they would rather play against the Netherlands than against Argentina. That game will start in 20 minutes, both teams will play in a 5-3-2 formation. It's going to be another low-scoring match.

I don't know if United are very happy with United at the moment. He had a very bad start to the competition by losing 2 games in a row, that's 6 points against significantly lesser opponents. If you had won those 2 games, the world would have looked very different of course. But if, that doesn't count. He will have to move up in the 2nd half of the competition, because it is more negative than positive how United have played football so far. The game against Liverpool was won, but Liverpool were not at their best. United is the only team to have beaten leader Arsenal, still a bright spot.