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In recent weeks, the most discussed sports event in Latvia and around the world has undeniably become the football World Cup. Originally, football fans included teams such as Spain, Argentina and Brazil on the list of the strongest teams and predicted that Brazilian and German teams will meet for the first time. second time in a final match or in gold. However, as recent events suggest, the original results are far removed from reality
At the beginning of June, the bookmakers considered Brazil and Germany as the two main favorites of the World Cup . The Spanish and French teams, including Argentina, Belgium, England and Portugal in the top eight. As in all the championships, we do not miss surprises more or less big, and this time the Croatian footballers most surprised.
Before the semi-finals which were held on July 10 and 11, the supporters were expecting the most from the Belgian team. that the French coefficient on June 21 was 9:00, June 24 – 8:00. July 6 – 5:00 am and 11 July – 3:00. This means that after the first matches, the chances of France were worse than before the start of the championship, while after the first elimination, France's hopes have improved again. . In contrast, Croatia has only decreased, increasing Croatian victories. At June 30, it was 13:00, around 7:00, but before the semifinals with England, the chances were falling at 6:00
The reality does not match the intentions
Before the semifinal that was unfolding on July 10 and 11 expectations were on the Belgian side – 31% of forecasters considered Belgians as potential bidders. Immediately behind the Belgians followed the French team, which got the support of 29% of stakeholders. Croatia and England are less valued, with respectively 22% and 18% of supporters. Interestingly, the fact that the final couple was a real surprise for fans, coaches and players of the World Cup. Only 6% of fans predicted that Croatia and France would become the final pair, but with the highest stakes and support (41%), the English and French teams will aim for the final.
Similarly, the fans made the mistake. Initially, "golden buci", or the most titled player of the title, has offered to his fans Lionel Messi, Argentine teammate and one of the best footballers in the world. However, Honey has not fulfilled its hopes and has only one goal in the tournament.
The way to victory of the finalist
If we look at the Croatian and French roads towards the final, with the beginning of the playoff games, the most popular games and the most watched were directly Quarterfinals The absolute leader is the match between Russia and Croatia, and it was also one of the most visible matches in the tent of OlyBet football fans, located at the Congress House. The second most popular match was the quarter-final between France and Uruguay. If there were no finalists, there were also two games of the eighth finals of great importance, with Spain and Russia and Colombia and England. Unsurprisingly, the World Cup is the biggest sporting event that even surpbades the Olympics in terms of audience – about a billion people watch games on TV screens, but more than 142,000 viewers watched two semi-finals
this Sunday, July 15th. Croatian and French matchmaking will start at noon. 18:00 after Latvian time and the match will be held at the stadium "Luzhnik" in Moscow.
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