Eight teams are left in the World Cup, and the quarterfinals feature the top four countries in FIFA's pretournament men's world rankings plus two others in the top 10.
France looks like a juggernaut and is the betting favorite at just under 2-1, followed by Spain and defending champion Argentina at 7-2 and England at 9-2. Norway is 14-1, while Belgium, Switzerland and Morocco are 28-1. France dominated in group play by outscoring opponents 10-2, an impressive showing even considering Norway rested Erling Haaland and almost all its starters, and rolled over Sweden 3-0 at the beginning of the knockout stage.
Kylian Mbapp scored his 19th career World Cup goal in a hard-fought, 1-0 victory against Paraguay.


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