{"id":13395,"date":"2024-08-19T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T06:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=13395"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T07:57:03","slug":"melanie-gervasoni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/melanie-gervasoni\/","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Gervasoni"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;author-page-box&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1724048419803{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;padding-top: 1px !important;padding-right: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 1px !important;padding-left: 1px !important;background-color: #2b2e3b !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;13406&#8243; img_size=&#8221;150&#215;200&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font: #fff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Melanie Gervasoni<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font: #fff;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Melanie is a freelance writer covering sports news, major event analysis, and match previews\/reviews. 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France versus Morocco at a World Cup makes its own case, and both dressing rooms know precisely why.\r\n\r\nThree years on from that 2022 semi-final in Qatar \u2013 the night Morocco's fairytale collided with Les Bleus and stopped \u2013 the sides meet again, this time in the quarter-finals, on Thursday 9 July at 9pm BST. 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class='substrwords'>Wimbledon 2026 is missing its king. Carlos Alcaraz, champion in 2023 and 2024 and runner-up last year, won't set foot on the lawns this fortnight, a wrist injury that already cost him Roland Garros having ended his grass season before it started.\u00a0\r\n\r\nFor the first time in years the men's draw opens without the player who has owned Centre Court, and one question hangs over the whole event: with Alcaraz gone, who walks through the door he's left open? 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{\r\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: none;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable .mobile {\r\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: table-row;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable .mobile td {\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: left;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable tr.mobile.last td {\r\n\t\t    \tborder-bottom: 15px solid #1b1e25;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n<article id=\"post-22356\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-  col-sm-6 col-xs-12 first  post-22356 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-football\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-511\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-desktop_small=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" data-mobile=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-paraguay-vs-france-betting-odds\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/football-stadium.webp\" class=\"attachment-large wp-post-image attachment-full\" alt=\"Football stadium\" title=\"football-stadium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/football-stadium.webp 1440w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/football-stadium-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/football-stadium-1024x678.webp 1024w, https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/football-stadium-768x509.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-image-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-paraguay-vs-france-betting-odds\/\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-date\" onclick=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-day\">\n\t\t\t\t\t03\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"post-date-month\">\n\t\t\t\t\tJul\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-mask\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meta-post-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/category\/football\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Football<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"substrwords\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-paraguay-vs-france-betting-odds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">FIFA World Cup 2026: Paraguay vs France | Betting Odds<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-meta basel-entry-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"entry-meta-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"modified-date hidden-md-down\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-07-03T16:40:21+03:00\">2026-07-03 16:40:21<\/time><\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"meta-author\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0fd5ef7abedf9170088d1faf7583274fe503286d42b7a9305eb810c4439a361?s=64&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0fd5ef7abedf9170088d1faf7583274fe503286d42b7a9305eb810c4439a361?s=128&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-meta-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"author-meta-name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/melanie-gervasoni\/\">Melanie Gervasoni<\/a><\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"position\">Sports journalist<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"hidden-md-up\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-07-03T16:40:21+03:00\">2026-07-03 16:40:21<\/time><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class='substrwords'>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe last time France and Paraguay met at a World Cup, back in 1998, it took a 114th-minute golden goal from Laurent Blanc to separate them, and France went on to lift the trophy.\u00a0\r\n\r\nThey meet again on Saturday 4 July at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, kick-off 10pm UK time for another great Round of 16 match. Ninety minutes, maybe more, decides who takes on Canada or Morocco in the quarter-finals.\r\n\r\nBelow, we've laid out the Paraguay vs France betting odds in full, with every market explained in plain English so you get the full picture before placing your bet.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\nParaguay...<\/div><p class=\"read-more-section\"><a class=\"btn btn-style-link btn-read-more more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-paraguay-vs-france-betting-odds\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-content -->\n\t\n\t<div class=\"liner-continer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"left-line\"><\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons text-left icons-design-circle icons-size-small social-share \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-copy-url\"><a class=\"copyUrlButton basel-tooltip\" title=\"Copy URL\"><span class=\"basel-tooltip-label\">Copy URL<\/span><i class=\"fa fa-clipboard\"><\/i><span class=\"basel-social-icon-name\">Copy URL<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li 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none;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable .mobile {\r\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: table-row;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable .mobile td {\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: left;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t.sevenbettable tr.mobile.last td {\r\n\t\t    \tborder-bottom: 15px solid #1b1e25;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n<article id=\"post-22330\" class=\"blog-design-masonry blog-post-loop blog-style-  col-sm-6 col-xs-12 last  post-22330 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-football\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"carousel-495\" class=\"entry-thumbnail\" data-owl-carousel data-hide_pagination_control=\"yes\" data-desktop=\"1\" data-desktop_small=\"1\" data-tablet=\"1\" data-mobile=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-img-wrapp\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/7bet.co.uk\/blog\/fifa-world-cup-2026-spain-vs-austria-betting-odds\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" 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