I don't think Brasil is the biggest favorite for this tournament but they are always in the discussion. They used to have more powerful squad but now they are mid team at best. Neymar is not the ideal leader, they are far away from real Ronaldo and then Ronaldinho era.
England never had an achievement for years, they always say maybe this time but it never happens. I'll probably stick with Argentina this time as I want Messi to finally lift the trophy before he retires.
Wishful thinking
For all his shortcomings, Neymar is clearly a better leader than Messi, and Brazil is clearly a stronger team than Argentina. I do not think that Brazil will become champions (one of the European teams should become). As for England, I would say that they are in the position of Spain before they made the treble (two European Championships + World Cup in a row), I don’t know if they will be lucky this time, but the possibility of this cannot be ruled out.
I am not agreed with you about this here Neymar is never been better than Messi because he is mostly having issues which injuries and never give his best for Brazil he is far from Ronaldo and his other top ranked leaders with this all I am still positive about them in this world cup, but I am feeling Argentina is also having fair chance for this event because they are also in the best shape and their few players are capable to give their best in this event.
After having these two I am going with two European teams which are Germany and France because these two also performing consistently and having few quality players which are able to perform in this mega event no other team is near them, but upsets can happen which already have in past many times.
I don’t agree that Neymar is a better leader compared to Messi. But yes, I have to agree that Brazil is obviously stronger than Argentina.
If we are talking about winning the World Cup I don’t think Brazil or Argentina any of them are going to win the World Cup. The best chance of winning the World Cup is with France in my opinion. They have a squad that was absolutely stacked in the last World Cup as well and this time they have a similar type of squad if not better. So, I still think that Francis is the team that is going to take the World Cup home.
If I compare Neymar to Messi, of course I have no doubts that Messi is better as a leader. Moreover, seeing Neymar's behavior at PSG is not good,
often seen living an unhealthy life and several times Neymar came to the training ground drunk. So it's only natural that now PSG's management
has decided to sell Neymar, because the current Neymar's performance and behavior is getting worse. So I believe Messi is better than Neymar,
so Messi in leading and motivating the Argentine national team can definitely do well.
Regarding the strength of Brazil and Argentina, they are almost the same, both countries have good players and play in many big European teams.
So comparing the two is a bit difficult for me, but if I had to choose I think Argentina is stronger than Brazil. I agree that the prediction for
the 2022 World Cup winner is probably not Brazil or Argentina, indeed so far France is the strongest candidate to win the 2022 World Cup trophy.
Apart from having a good squad, France also has a pretty solid teamwork in my opinion.