France vs Ireland
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France, playing at home, will be firm favorites against Ireland. France have been one of the in-form teams in the tournament and their players are in good form. Dimitri Payet has led the way in attack and star man Pogba showed signs of coming into his own too in their last group game, and this is welcome news for France.
Ireland were 5 minutes away from elimination before a late goal saw them through. While some may say this was pure Irish luck, the Irish team will tell you otherwise.
This game will feature two teams with contrasting ambitions in the tournament. While a place in the Round of 16 is in itself an achievement to celebrate for the Irish, for France, who have much higher ambitions, the round-of-16 isn’t even near par.
France possess just too much firepower in attack to be bogged down by the Irish defence.
Prediction – Ireland will set their stalls to defend, but the quality in attack that France have should see them through.
France to win by 2 or more goals. Most likely scoreline 2-0 for France.
