Quote from: Sithara007 on Today at 01:38:51 PM

Obviously France is the strongest team (at least on paper) within the UEFA confederation. But the big question is whether they can win the trophy this time or not. It is not necessary that the strongest team should win the trophy, especially if the team bonding is not very good. England is the second strongest team from UEFA and they also have good chances this time. And although Germany are the hosts, I don't have much hopes for them. They are in decline, and may even struggle to enter the semi-final stage. Other teams like Italy and Spain are in rebuilding phase. So I will not give them a good chance to win the trophy.

For now, my prediction is that France will not win they will no longer be strengthened by Kante, and Paul Poga and Hugo Lloris. Mbappe is indeed a star in the French national team as well as captain in the Les Blues squad, but I think the absence of these three players will greatly impact their performance. Lloris had retired from the national team, Pogba was and Kante was nursing an injury at the time of Didier Deschamps call-up to the France squad for Euro 2024 qualifiers.

France deserves to be on the list of favorites along with Germany, Croatia and England. I think England are at their best right now, so England can be a strong candidate to emerge as champions.