Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica’s World Cup Best Bets Today — Matchday 8

“Bear Bets” are real bets that Chris “The Bear” Fallica actually makes.

The superstars were great on Tuesday.

Kylian Mbappé scored twice, Erling Haaland did the same and Lionel Messi topped them both with his first World Cup hat-trick.

Welcome to the WC.

Moving forward, here’s what I see after Matchday 8.

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World Cup Best Bet — Thursday, June 18

Czech Republic vs South Africa

South Africa were very poor in their opener against Mexico, while the Czech Republic had a lead over South Korea and then strangely surrendered their top scorer, Patrick Schick, and their most creative player, Pavel Sulc. Of course, that resulted in South Korea scoring twice and a 2-1 defeat. Loser is eliminated here and I expect the Czech Republic to win. At least it offered something in the opening. I bet Sulc is involved in a goal.

Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

Look for Dan Ndoye to put pressure on Bosnia in this one (Getty Images).

The Swiss did anything but finish – literally and figuratively – against Qatar. If they continue to get a high number of the quality shots they made in the opener, they will eventually find some luck. Bosnia was pretty meh in the opener, managing a point against Canada, but looked very vulnerable when Canada brought on Cyle Larin. Breel Embolo, Dan Ndoye and Switzerland will ask a lot of questions.

Canada vs. Qatar

Can Cyle Larin give Canada enough of a boost to win its first ever World Cup (Getty Images)?

I would expect Jesse Marsch to include Cyle Larin in the starting XI as Canada was a completely different team when he came on. Qatar was extremely lucky to get a point vs. Switzerland, and if it’s not better here, it will take a good beating.

Mexico vs. South Korea

Both teams won their openers and with a point they are surely through with one more. I’m a little apathetic here as to what to expect. Was Mexico’s performance boosted because South Africa is bad? I could see this 1-0 either way or even 0-0. I don’t want to go crazy here.