{"id":86250,"date":"2026-06-17T18:57:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/86250\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:57:05","slug":"chris-the-bear-fallicas-world-cup-best-bets-today-match-day-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/86250\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris ‘The Bear’ Fallica’s World Cup Best Bets Today \u2014 Match Day 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The superstars were super on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 scored twice, Erling Haaland did the same, and Lionel Messi topped them both with his first World Cup hat trick.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, here’s what I’m eyeing for Match Day 8.<\/p>\n

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World Cup Best Bets \u2014 Thursday, June 18<\/p>\n

Czechia vs. South Africa<\/p>\n

South Africa was very poor in the opener against Mexico, while Czechia had a lead over South Korea, then oddly subbed off its best scorer, Patrick Schick, and its most creative player, Pavel Sulc. Of course, it resulted in South Korea scoring twice and a 2-1 defeat. Loser is eliminated here, and I do expect Czechia to win. It at least offered something in the opener. I\u2019ll bet that Sulc is involved in a goal.<\/p>\n

\"Pavel<\/a>\"Czechia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Switzerland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/p>\n

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Look for Dan Ndoye to put pressure on Bosnia in this one (Getty Images). <\/p>\n

The Swiss did everything but finish \u2014 literally and figuratively \u2014 against Qatar. If they continue to get a high number of the high-quality shots they did in the opener, eventually they\u2019ll get some good fortune. Bosnia was pretty meh in the opener and managed 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.<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Picks:\u00a0\"Bosnia<\/a>\u00a0\"Switzerland\"<\/a>\u00a0Switzerland Win to Nil (+120), Switzerland Over 14.5 Shots (-110)<\/p>\n

Canada vs. Qatar<\/p>\n

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Can Cyle Larin provide enough boost for Canada to get its first-ever World Cup win (Getty Images)? <\/p>\n

I\u2019d expect Jesse Marsch to include Cyle Larin in the starting XI, as Canada was a completely different team once he came on. Qatar was extremely lucky to get a point vs. Switzerland, and if it isn’t any better here, it will take a sound beating.<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Picks:\u00a0\"Qatar\"<\/a>\u00a0\"Canada\"<\/a>\u00a0Canada Win to Nil (-125), Canada Over 16.5 Shots (-125)<\/p>\n

Mexico vs. South Korea<\/p>\n

Both teams won their openers, and with a point, are certainly through with one more. I’m kind of apathetic here as to what to expect. Was Mexico\u2019s performance amplified because South Africa is bad? I could see this 1-0 either way or even 0-0. I won’t go crazy here.<\/p>\n

Fallica’s Pick:\u00a0\"Mexico\"<\/a>\u00a0\"South<\/a>\u00a0Both Teams to Score \u2014 No (-135)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Bear Bets” are real wagers that Chris “The Bear” Fallica is actually making. The superstars were super on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[4420,31646,29944,2019,17],"class_list":["post-86250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-betting","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-gambling","tag-soccer","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116766981984933604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}