Paraguay is one of the most outstanding and talented teams in South America. Today they are facing their most difficult opponent yet, especially if the French have strong counterattacks. In their previous match against the United States, Paraguay received 5 yellow cards, and also had some against the Turks and the Reds. They are a passionate team, and if the French have a good result, it is likely that Paraguay will not hold back.
I hope that the referees received recommendations from above and the downpour of yellow cards will not be a coincidence. After the next stage, the cards will be reset, so the referees may be more bold. This game's referee, a Uzbek, has not shown much in the last two matches, absent-minded and with many mistakes, but the match with Paraguayan hot-heads, who are emotional and have many South psychoses, he should be forced to pull out the cards. Paraguay will try to destroy the pace of the French and will not allow them to run away, otherwise it will be show time. They are like a thorn in the side for the French, so the favorites should also expect some cards.
Both teams played for 120 minutes, but the most important thing here is that I think Messi ran for 120 minutes. They played the whole match without rest, playing extra periods after days of rest. Egypt barely had a few hours of rest. Argentina struggled against a strong opponent, Green Jersey, who played superbly. But Argentina themselves didn't look good, relying only on Messi to finish the game. I believe this style of play will catch up to them today, and if the game goes into extra time again, it will not end well for Argentina.
With their leader Q. Ellis, Britain managed to win against the Iceland national team and keep their chances in the fight for the next stage, but in this window, their leader is missing, and the Iceland team has proven to be capable of defeating both Italians and Lithuanians, appearing even stronger on the road. Although stability may be lacking for Iceland, their team's capability is felt, and even though they lost their first match against each other, I believe they should be the favorites now, and with such odds, I think it's worth taking the risk.