"Hydration breaks"? One reason to watch soccer is that you get 45 minutes of commercial-free action -- unlike every American sport. I hope greed doesn't take over soccer.

France looks great. They trot our Mbappe, Dembele and Olise in their forward line: three of the top 10 forwards in the world. The American press loves Messi (and he is the GOAT), but Mbappe is better right now.

The three home nations are 5-1-0, although against lesser competition. I can't see them winning against France, or Spain, or Argentina. England could have won against Ghana, but they looked lacking in ideas. I don't fancy Brazil or Germany. I'd love to see nations from federations that have never won do well: the home nations, Japan, Morocco