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 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.

In 2018, some well known sports media at the time declared them favorites, and then they were eliminated by Croatia in extra time. As i said, they have a problem with team chemistry and the coach. Big names have always worn the England shirt , it’s enough to mention Lampard and Stevie G.As for the group, i think they will get through it easily, but whether they finish first or second is hard to say, because Croatia is still a strong team. I don’t want to underestimate Ghana and Panama, but i think England and Croatia are far better teams