Written by Martin Bishop  
Saturday, 05 June 2010

France 2010 FIFA World Cup Odds: The France national football team is going into the 2010 World Cup with high hopes of bringing home a win. Go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds.

France 2010 World Cup OddsComing in at +1800 odds is the France national football team who will be going out in hopes of winning their 2nd World Cup championship. Their first and only win came in 1998 when they hosted the Cup. The 2002 World Cup would only bring them to Round 1 but they came close in 2006 when they made it to the finals.

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Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Olympique Lyon), Steve Mandanda(Olympique Marseille), Cedric Carrasso (Girondins Bordeaux), Mickael Landreau (Lille)

Defenders: Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Rod Fanni (Stade Rennes), Sebastien Squillaci (Sevilla), Adil Rami (Lille), Marc Planus (Girondins Bordeaux), Gael Clichy (Arsenal), Anthony Reveillere (Olympique Lyon)

Midfielders: Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Alou Diarra (Girondins Bordeaux), Jeremy Toulalan (Olympique Lyon), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Yoann Gourcuff (Girondins Bordeaux), Abou Diaby (Arsenal), Yann M'Vila (Stade Rennes)

Forwards: Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Toulouse), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Panathinaikos), Hatem Ben Arfa (Olympique Marseille), Mathieu Valbuena (Olympique Marseille), Jimmy Briand (Stade Rennes)

Drawing Group A, France will be going up against Mexico, Uruguay, and South Africa. Their first match will be on June 11th against Uruguay in which will be the second match of the 2010 World Cup. Key players to look out for are goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and forward Franck Ribery.

“It doesn’t help that our coach is constantly criticized in the lead up to the World Cup,” France forward Franck Ribery said of coach Raymond Domenech. “But every country has its mentality; we know what to expect. All I can say is we have the players to bring them around when we start to play better. Which, hopefully, we can do at the World Cup.”

The 2010 FIFA World Cup begins June 11th and go to SPORTSBOOK.com to get all of the current 2010 FIFA World Cup odds.

Algeria: +50000
Argentina: +750
Australia: +12500
Brazil: +450
Cameroon: +10000
Chile: +6600
Denmark: +12500
England: +600
France: +1800
Germany: +1200
Ghana: +8000
Greece: +15000
Holland: +1100
Honduras: +75000
Italy: +1200
Ivory Coast: +3300
Japan: +30000
Mexico: +8000
New Zealand: +250000
Nigeria: +12500
North Korea: +200000
Paraguay: +8000
Portugal: +2800
Serbia: +6600
Slovakia: +25000
Slovenia: +25000
South Africa: +15000
South Korea: +20000
Spain: +400
Switzerland: +20000
USA: +8000
Uruguay: +10000

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