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mikmik555 t1_ixxi8d2 wrote

Reply to comment by minos157 in Holders France are the first team to qualify for the last 16 of 2022 World Cup. by dragon8811

Well Kante is injured and so are many other players in the team. The team is made of people from the bench and still holding on. So…

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minos157 t1_ixy7gey wrote

Not to discount Denmark, who I think is a dark horse this year, but France is in a pretty easy group (by world cup standards).

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mikmik555 t1_ixyil7i wrote

Dark horse? Denmark was in the semi-finale of the EuroCup last year. It’s not an easy team. They are 10th on the FIFA ranking right after Portugal.

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minos157 t1_ixyu3o0 wrote

They were tenth headed into the tournament. That makes them a dark horse, not a predicted winner or favorite.

A dark horse is a team that's good but not expected to win, Denmark fits that bill. If everyone came out of groups seeded by FIFA ranking there would.be nine other teams who would be predicted to win before Denmark.

Not sure how that doesn't make them a dark horse. It's also why I specifically called it out, to showcase that while I'm calling it an easy group, I was not discounting the talent of Denmark.

You'd have been better off reading my comment instead of being offended by it.

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