TeamsFrom marvelling at teenage wonderkids to tracking the world’s largest coffee pot, our team of writers outline their expectations for the jamboree in North America
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Spain and Portugal in the final, with Spain winning.
I’ve played our Bracketology game 20 times and gotten 20 different paths but Spain always end up winning.
Alexander Abnos
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TeamsUnbeaten but unconvincing in places — two draws bookending a dominant 5–0 win over Uzbekistan. Ronaldo with two goals, Leão electrifying in flashes, and João Neves emerging as their midfield future. Portugal have more to give.
TeamsHammered 4–2 by England on day one, Croatia came back to beat Panama and Ghana in style. Modrić — still conducting symphonies at 40 — remains the heartbeat. Can the Vatreni pull off another deep tournament run?
TeamsCroatia twice levelled in a pulsating first half against England before conceding twice after the break in a 4-2 defeat at AT&T Stadium — a result that puts their Group L campaign under immediate pressure.
TeamsShare Save Add as preferred on Google James McClair West Midlands BBC Annie Onions said her dad, Dr Neil Phillips, was "so proud" to be England team doctor Kicking off their World Cup campaign against Croatia, England are hoping to become world champ
TeamsIt was Morocco in 2022, Croatia in 2018 and Costa Rica in 2014. Which team will make an unexpected run in 2026? By WhoScored Every World Cup needs a dark horse: the team nobody quite planned for, that disrupts the natural order and is remembered more
TeamsCroatia head coach says England game crucial to hopes Kovacic, Gvardiol and Modric lacking match sharpness Zlatko Dalic sees Croatia’s World Cup opener against England as pivotal to their summer fortunes, admitting a softer first match may have been
