Topic 5431360
In my opinion, England has never been a bad team. They’ve always had elite players and were often among the favorites to win. Croatia knocked them out in the 2018 semifinals, Italy beat them in the euro final, and France eliminated them in Qatar in 2022. When you look at their squad, it’s full of top class players who play for the best clubs, but the chemistry and the coach’s choices have never really worked well together. They are still a quality team, but whether they can prove themselves now  we’ll see. They are the favorites in the group, but i still think Croatia will be a tough challenge for them.

England maybe a very strong team. But ever since I started watching the FIFA World Cup in 1998, I can't recall England being the most favourite team to lift the trophy in any of the editions. At times other European teams such as France, Germany and even Italy received that honour. But England never reached quite there. But one thing that I would admit is that England has been very successful in maintaining the quality. At least that has been the case when compared to teams such as Italy and Belgium. And this time they have Croatia, Ghana and Panama for company.