France - Moldova Prediction, Picks and Tips
The EURO 2020 participant field is taking concrete shape these days. Six nations have already secured their tickets for the finals before the last two matchdays in the group stage. The World Champion from France is not officially present, but can close the bag on Thursday. Basically, there is not the slightest doubt, because the Equipe Tricolore only needs to win against the football dwarf from Moldova, and that in their own stadium. Now we all know the story of the horses and the pharmacy, but overall, the likelihood is close to 100 percent that France will be known as an EM participant on Thursday. However, the French surprisingly do not go as championship leaders in this encounter. Turkey also has 19 points but could win the direct comparison. At the end of the day, it does not matter how you qualify, it's just that you'll be in the finals at the start. Moldova, on the other hand, unsurprisingly, has no chance with two games to go before the end of the qualification. Neither the group stage nor the detour of the playoffs in the Nations League, the Moldovan have prospects for their first European Championship participation. You do not have to be a great prophet to make a prediction on a home win in the duel between France and Moldova. With bets on a clean victory of the Equipe Tricolore is therefore no money to earn. Finding the right tip before the kick-off between France and Moldova should be a big challenge, and in any event, it has to have something to do with a French victory. It is questionable whether Didier Deschamps will let his complete stars off the leash. If that's the case then it could even end dramatically for the guests. At home win in itself, should not be shaking in general. The kick-off for the European Championship qualifier at the Stade de France will take place on 14.11.2019 at 19:45.
Winning the title is one thing. To be worthy in the aftermath of a world champion, quite another. That has not always succeeded to the French in the Nations League and in the current European Championship qualification. However, the criticism is at a very high level, because the Equipe Tricolore will eventually qualify sovereign for the EURO 2020. In the last 26 international matches, the French conceded only two defeats, once in the Netherlands and once in Turkey. At home, Les Bleus are even harder to crack. The last home defeat in a competitive match was just the European Championship finals in 2016, when you had to bow to the Portuguese. Everyone is expecting a home win on Thursday. If it does not work, there are still two backdoors. Should Iceland not win against Turkey, it would also be enough and otherwise the French would have to contest another match in Albania. Before the kick-off between France and Moldova, the odds are so exorbitantly high that the European Championship will take place without the World Champion. In the two internationals in October, the French did, however, hard. At first you could win in Iceland with a lot of effort a 1-0 victory. Then it was enough at home against the Turks only to a 1-1 draw. Olivier Giroud gave the team Tricolore a quarter of an hour lead before the end, but the Turks equalized in the final minutes to a 1-1 final score. Nevertheless, the mood in the World Champion's camp is rather relaxed, at least with regard to the situation in the table. Coach Didier Deschamps is much more worried about the condition of his players. Many well-known players will not be available in the next two games. Nevertheless, the coach makes it clear that he must and will deal with this situation. We're counting on who would normally have been able to play in France but would have to miss out on Moldova on Thursday. Captain Hugo Lloris, Lucas Hernandez, Samuel Umtiti, Aymeric Laporte, Ferland Mendy, Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, Florian Thauvin and Anthony Martial are all out of the game.
Engin Firat is no stranger to German football. For years he was co-coach under Horst Hrubesch and especially under Werner Lorant. Years ago, the German Turk announced that he would eventually participate with a national team in a World Cup. The commitment he has now taken in Moldova can only be another step in this direction. The fact that the Republic of Moldova is participating in a World Cup at some point is at the moment as likely as winning the Champions League of FC Augsburg. Nevertheless, the coach faces the new challenge and is in demand for the first time as a national coach in Europe, and then immediately at the reigning World Champion in France. Engin Firat has a lot of work ahead of him, with five defeats in the last five internationals and not a single goal. Of course, the coach was not there yet, but that he gets his new team so that in the Stade de France something countable pops out seems impossible. Therefore, before the kick-off between France and Moldova, the forecast is clearly on another bankruptcy for the Moldovans. It did not happen again in October. First they conceded in Andorra a 0: 1 defeat. Then you were at home in the 0: 4 cleared by the Albanians. Thus, the time of the Ukrainian coach Semen Altman had expired. Full of enthusiasm Engin Firat is now tackling the task in Moldova. It would be presumptuous if he spit out big sounds and squint for a point or even a win. What he expects from his team, however, is the unconditional commitment. The coach demands from his team character and fight to the last minute. We could go into detail here on some players of the Moldovans, but hardly an actor who is on Thursday in the squad has been able to make a good name in international comparison so far. It is interesting that France-born talent Virgiliu Postolachi did not follow the invitation of the new national coach and renounced an international match at the Stade de France.
Our recommendation tip for France - Moldova : Over 3,5 goals @ 1.43