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France, Spain, England, Argentina to qualify odds

The World Cup quarter-finals are set, and the four tournament favourites have all progressed, albeit not without some scares.

France were made to work for their 1-0 win over Paraguay while Spain needed a stoppage-time winner to get past Portugal.

On the other side of the draw, 10-man England clung on to knock co-hosts Mexico out in the most dramatic fashion, while Argentina miraculously came from 2-0 down to score three late goals to down Egypt.

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France get the quarter-finals underway on Thursday at 21:00 BST against a Morocco side who are threatening to repeat their 2022 efforts. The Atlas Lions were much better than the Netherlands and should never have needed a stoppage-time equaliser and penalties to progress before putting three past co-hosts Canada.

Free-scoring France were finally stopped in their tracks by Paraguay, with a 70th-minute penalty needed to reach the quarter-finals.

Belgium have been sorely underwhelming throughout the tournament but saved their best performance for their round of 16 tie with the USA. With what must have felt like the rest of the world cheering them on, the Red Devils ran out 4-1 winners to set up a clash with Spain.

In the bottom half of the draw, Norway edged past Brazil to set up a date in Miami with England, who will have a renewed belief having beaten Mexico at the Azteca, while Argentina can thank their lucky stars having somehow come back to beat Egypt, only to see Colombia knocked out later that evening.

All four favourites are well fancied to qualify, and you can back the four-fold at a boosted 5/2.

Odds displayed above were correct at time of publishing and are subject to change or withdrawal at any time.

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