France FC kick-off their Euro 2024 campaign against Austria FC, with aims of showing their dominance early in their campaign. Heading into Euro 2024, both France and Austria showed their dominance in their group qualifiers. France finished their qualifiers as their group’s winners, which is actually not surprising, considering how dominant they are. Moreover, France are the favorites to win the contest, but they cannot be complacent. On the other hand, Austria finished their qualifiers being second of their group in the qualifiers. Moreover, Austria have shown improvements recently, which may work for their advantage in this match. The meeting between these two teams is on June 18, 2024, at 3:00 AM (GMT+8).
France FC
France has been a disappointment in its last two major competitions, with Les Bleus having a 24-year run without continental stardom. Kylian Mbappe’s penalty miss against Switzerland condemned France to a last-16 Euro 2020 exit, but he collected his World Cup 2022 Golden Boot after Argentina’s 12-yard triumph. Despite recent shortcomings and Zinedine Zidane’s involvement, Didier Deschamps remains in charge of France’s 11th Euros campaign, two of which saw Les Bleus go all the way in 1984 and 2000. France’s only Euros run of note came at the 2016 edition, with a record 14-0 victory over Gibraltar. Les Bleus has not been defeated in a group-stage affair since Euro 2012, and they had Austria’s number during the most recent Nations League cycle.
France’s star-studded squad includes Kingsley Coman, Mbappe, Aurelien Tchouameni, N’Golo Kante, and Arsenal’s William Saliba. Real Madrid’s Aurelien Tchouameni is still recovering from a foot injury, while Juventus’ Adrien Rabiot is expected to start.
Austria FC
Ralf Rangnick has been working with Austria, who are one of the most in-form teams on the continent. Austria finished just one point adrift of Belgium in their qualifying section, posting six wins from a possible eight while dropping just five points. Despite their premature 2008 and 2016 campaigns, Austria earned their Euros stars in 2020. They overcame North Macedonia and Ukraine in the group stages before an excruciating extra-time defeat to eventual champions Italy. Rangnick has overseen a magnificent spell of results since a 3-2 loss to Belgium in Euros qualifying, masterminding six straight wins before a 1-1 draw with Switzerland on June 8.
Austrian players David Alaba and Sasa Kalajdzic will watch the Euros from the treatment room, while RB Leipzig midfielder Xaver Schlager is not selected due to a knee problem. Austria’s most-capped player, Arnautovic, is in the ranks, and right-back Stefan Posch starts in defense.
Prediction:
France FC (2.0)
Odds: -0.87
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