Remember, England was probably the best team on the ground when they eliminate France (1-2), in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Three Lions had finished the 16 strike part against 8 on the tricolor side, for 2.41 of expected goals at 1.01! It must be said that Aurélien Tchouameni opened the scoring with a distant strike, that Hugo Lloris made six parades during the meeting and that Harry Kane obviously missed the penalty from 2-2 to the 84th minute, sending the ball into the clouds.
Now a double finalist of the Euro, beaten by Italy on penalties in Wembley in 2021 and by Spain last year in Germany, the British selection will have great ambitions for the World Cup 26, co-organized by Canada, the United States and Mexico (but fully disputed in the US from the quarterfinals). The new coach Thomas Tuchel found Harry Kane, 10 months after leaving him in Bayern and the center-forward is still as prolific at 31 years. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Bukayo Saka even more seasoned.
Thomas Tuchel found Harry Kane, his scorer in Bayern last year.
With the final constitution of groups of European qualifiers for the next World Cup, the X account We Global Football calculated the chances of the teams to qualify. The first 12 will obtain their sesame for the quadrennial meeting, while the 12 seconds will compete in European dams (four Final Four scheduled in March 2026). While Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany have around 90 % chance of ending up at the top of their group, England, Spain and France are not as favorite in the face of their respective opponents …
England has a major opponent
Statistical projections thus give 71 % to the English to finish at the top of group K. The teammates of Jordan Pickford, installed in a hen of five, nevertheless started their campaign with two victories in Wembley, against Albania (2-0) then Latvia (3-0). The “Captain Kane”, top scorer in the history of the national team, has marked twice and is now at 71 achievements. The English therefore have six points and could take as much in the next two matches against Andorra, in early June in Barcelona and in September in their London temple. The concern is that the training of Thomas Tuchel will then challenge Serbia, the Chapeau 2 team in this group, first in Belgrade on September 9 and then in Wembley in mid-November, during the penultimate day.
England displays only 71 % direct qualification because the Serbs have 29 % of finishing first according to the calculations of
We Global Football. Dragan Stojkovic can count on Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandar Mitrovic still in full force despite their departure for Saudi Arabia. The country of Novak Djokovic intends to compete in a third world in a row. Four years ago, Serbia had completely preceded Portugal in its group of the World Cup qualifiers. This explains largely, why this Balkan country has 29 % chance of finishing first and 62 % chance of appearing in second place.
