{"id":24899,"date":"2026-06-30T22:33:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/24899\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T22:33:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T22:33:12","slug":"chris-the-bear-fallicas-world-cup-best-bets-today-match-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/24899\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica’s World Cup Best Bets Today \u2014 Match Day 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the World Cup, heartbreak comes with the territory.<\/p>\n

Such was the case on Tuesday<\/a> for the Ivory Coast, as Norway got a late goal and a narrow victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here’s what I’m eyeing for Match Day 21.<\/p>\n

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World Cup Best Bets \u2014 Wednesday, July 1<\/p>\n

England vs. DR Congo<\/p>\n

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“The Bear” likes England to get past DR Congo in clean fashion (Getty Images). <\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think DR Congo is going to score, but it’s hard to lay -200 on that. England to win to nil is a little better at -150, but I\u2019m also not sure England pours in goals here. I\u2019ll go exact score with these two options and try and create a little plus-money alternative. But if you\u2019re comfortable laying -150, then that\u2019s a pretty good alternative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Picks:\u00a0\"DR<\/a>\u00a0\"England\"<\/a>\u00a0England to Win 1-0 (+450), England to Win 2-0 (+400)<\/p>\n

Belgium vs. Senegal\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Can Belgium get past a scrappy Senegal team (Getty Images)? <\/p>\n

I really don\u2019t know what to do with this match. There\u2019s a part of me that wants to play Senegal to advance, but there\u2019s also a part of me that thinks Belgium found a little something in the second half of its match against a far inferior New Zealand. Senegal will certainly offer a much stiffer test. But at the same time, Senegal didn\u2019t really look great until the final group-stage match, when it got the must-have 5-0 win over Iraq. Belgium also has a keeper in Thibault Courtois who can single-handedly steal a match. I\u2019m not going to get too invested here, but will land on Belgium to win in 90.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Pick:\u00a0\"Senegal\"<\/a>\u00a0\"Belgium\"<\/a>\u00a0Belgium to Win on Three-Way (+125)<\/p>\n

United States vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina\u00a0<\/p>\n

The United States should advance, but that price is a hefty one to lay. Bosnia will offer some challenges, though, as that squad has great height, structure and will be tough on set piece opportunities. But Bosnia is also lacking pace and that’s an area the U.S. can exploit. This has potential to be a very ugly match, which would kind of favor Bosnia, but I still am not sure that side is capable of scoring. Italy probably would have said the same thing. In the end, the U.S. should get through, but I don\u2019t think it will be comfortable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Pick:\u00a0\"United<\/a>\u00a0\"Bosnia<\/a>\u00a0Both Teams to Score \u2014 No (-130)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. When it comes to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,10106,12728,4872,1859,3937,10107,4570,3934,87],"class_list":["post-24899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-betting","tag-bosnia-and-herzegovina","tag-dr-congo","tag-england","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-gambling","tag-senegal","tag-soccer","tag-united-states"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116841441351623515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}