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That does not mean the tournament is theirs to lose. World Cups are too short, too volatile, and too dependent on timing for that kind of certainty. But when squad quality, global ranking, and coaching stability are weighed together, France have the most convincing profile in the field.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":38,"children":39},{},[40],{"type":35,"value":41},"The first reason is depth. France's 26-player World Cup squad gives Didier Deschamps options in almost every zone of the pitch. Mike Maignan anchors the goalkeeping group. The defensive pool includes William Saliba, Jules Kounde, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, and Lucas Hernandez. In midfield, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, N'Golo Kante, Manu Kone, and Warren Zaire-Emery give France different ways to control or disrupt a match.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":43,"children":44},{},[45],{"type":35,"value":46},"Then comes the attack. Kylian Mbappe remains the defining player, but France are not built around one runner and a prayer. Ousmane Dembele can unsettle full-backs on either side. Michael Olise brings delivery and decision-making between the lines. Bradley Barcola, Desire Doue, Rayan Cherki, and Marcus Thuram give the squad pace, invention, and bench power. That matters because World Cup winners rarely survive on their starting eleven alone.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":48,"children":49},{},[50],{"type":35,"value":51},"Tournament football asks different questions from club football. A team may need to dominate possession one day, defend long spells four days later, and then win a tight knockout game decided by one transition. France can live in all of those versions of a match. They can play directly into space for Mbappe, slow the game down through midfield, or change the rhythm with wide players from the bench.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":53,"children":54},{},[55],{"type":35,"value":56},"The FIFA ranking strengthens the argument. France returned to the top of the FIFA men's world ranking in April 2026, their first time at number one since September 2018. Rankings do not hand out trophies, but they do show consistency across a longer period than one friendly or one qualifying window. France are not just a fashionable pick. They have been operating at a level that keeps them in the title conversation year after year.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":58,"children":59},{},[60],{"type":35,"value":61},"The timing of that rise also matters. A team arriving at a World Cup as the world's top-ranked side has pressure, but it also has evidence. France have been strong enough against elite opposition to make the ranking feel earned rather than cosmetic. For a squad already carrying World Cup final experience, that is a useful psychological position: respected, tested, and still hungry.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":63,"children":64},{},[65],{"type":35,"value":66},"Deschamps is the third pillar. Many national teams have talent. Fewer have a coach who knows how to turn talent into a tournament plan. Deschamps has already taken France to a World Cup quarter-final in 2014, a European Championship final in 2016, a World Cup title in 2018, and another World Cup final in 2022. That record does not guarantee another run, but it shows he understands the rhythm of knockout football.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":68,"children":69},{},[70],{"type":35,"value":71},"His France teams are not always the prettiest teams in the tournament. That is not the point. Deschamps usually builds teams that can survive awkward spells. They can absorb pressure, protect a lead, and wait for high-quality attackers to decide the game. 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The machine is still running.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":143,"children":144},{},[145],{"type":35,"value":146},"In their opening Group E match, Germany beat Curacao 7-1 and produced the kind of performance that turns a comfortable win into a statement. The scoreline was heavy, but it was not only about the goals. Germany controlled the rhythm, squeezed the pitch, attacked through both wide channels, and kept finding new ways to turn pressure into chances.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":148,"children":149},{},[150],{"type":35,"value":151},"Curacao arrived as a debutant with energy and courage, and they briefly gave the match a different emotional shape. But once Germany found their passing tempo and began to overload the final third, the game moved almost entirely in one direction. This was a reminder that Germany's strength is not only individual talent. It is the ability to keep repeating actions until the opponent breaks.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":153,"children":154},{},[155],{"type":35,"value":156},"Julian Nagelsmann's side started with the familiar German logic of control through structure. Germany built from a high base, pushed numbers around the ball, and used their full-backs and wide players to stretch Curacao's defensive block. The aim was not simply to keep possession. It was to keep Curacao defending in motion: slide left, recover right, track a runner, close a half-space, then do it all again.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":158,"children":159},{},[160],{"type":35,"value":161},"That is where the tactical difference became clear. Curacao could survive individual moments, but Germany kept creating sequences. When the ball went wide, the next pass was often inside. When Curacao narrowed, Germany switched the point of attack. When the first shot was blocked, the second phase was already waiting. Germany's pressure was less like one punch and more like a chain of small collisions.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":163,"children":164},{},[165],{"type":35,"value":166},"The data backed up what the eye test showed. Germany finished with 65 percent possession, 26 shots, 12 shots on target, and an expected-goals total of about 3.91. Curacao had moments, including one very good one, but Germany produced the volume and quality of chances that normally make an upset almost impossible.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":168,"children":169},{},[170],{"type":35,"value":171},"The opening goal came early. Felix Nmecha scored in the sixth minute, giving Germany the perfect platform and forcing Curacao to play from behind before the match had settled. Curacao answered through Livano Comenencia in the 21st minute, a goal that briefly challenged the tone of the night and reminded Germany that tournament openers can become awkward if concentration slips.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":173,"children":174},{},[175],{"type":35,"value":176},"Germany's response was the important part. They did not become rushed. They became sharper.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":178,"children":179},{},[180],{"type":35,"value":181},"Nico Schlotterbeck restored the lead before half-time, and Kai Havertz converted from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. That late first-half goal mattered. It turned a contest into a chase, and it sent Germany into the break with both scoreboard control and psychological control.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":183,"children":184},{},[185],{"type":35,"value":186},"The second half then became a demonstration of depth and timing. Jamal Musiala scored shortly after the restart, giving Germany the fourth goal and removing the last serious tension from the match. Nathaniel Brown added another, Deniz Undav joined the scoring, and Havertz completed his double late on. By the end, the 7-1 scoreline reflected both Germany's attacking variety and Curacao's inability to keep absorbing waves of pressure.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":188,"children":189},{},[190],{"type":35,"value":191},"Havertz's two goals will naturally take attention, because forwards are judged by decisive touches. But Deniz Undav's contribution was just as revealing. His goal and creative involvement showed why Germany can be dangerous even when the match has already tilted. They do not have to rely on one fixed attacking pattern. They can use runners between the lines, late arrivals, set-piece pressure, penalties, and second-half changes to keep the opponent from ever settling.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":193,"children":194},{},[195],{"type":35,"value":196},"Joshua Kimmich's influence also mattered. In matches like this, the captain's work can look routine because Germany have so much of the ball. But that routine is exactly the point. Kimmich helped maintain the rhythm, accelerate the switch when Curacao's block shifted, and keep Germany playing in the areas where the next chance could emerge. Against a lower block, control is not passive. It is a form of pressure.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":198,"children":199},{},[200],{"type":35,"value":201},"There is still a note of caution. A 7-1 win over Curacao does not automatically answer every question Germany will face later in the tournament. Stronger opponents will press Germany's build-up more aggressively, punish turnovers more severely, and deny the same amount of space around the box. The group stage can flatter a favorite if the favorite is allowed to play at its preferred tempo.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":203,"children":204},{},[205],{"type":35,"value":206},"But that should not reduce what Germany did here. Opening matches are about more than three points. They are about tone. Germany scored early, absorbed a response, restored order before half-time, and then used the second half to turn control into damage. That is exactly what a serious contender is supposed to do.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":208,"children":209},{},[210],{"type":35,"value":211},"Group E now has a clear reference point. Germany sit at the top after one match, while Curacao must recover quickly from a difficult debut. 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Japan did not beat the Netherlands in Arlington, but the 2-2 draw still felt like a statement. The score mattered, naturally. The bigger point was the way the Samurai Blue got there: with speed, nerve, tactical discipline, and the kind of transition football that can make even established European powers look unstable.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":281,"children":282},{},[283],{"type":35,"value":284},"That is why the central claim holds up after ninety minutes: Japan charged relentlessly, and they looked every bit as strong as a European power.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":286,"children":287},{},[288,290,297,299,305,307,313],{"type":35,"value":289},"Before kick-off, the numbers still leaned Dutch. As of the latest official FIFA men's ranking update on 11 June 2026, the Netherlands were ranked eighth and Japan 18th. 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Those are not empty tune-up results. They point to a team that is comfortable defending compactly, then breaking games open with one fast, clean attacking sequence.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":321,"children":322},{},[323],{"type":35,"value":324},"There was also adversity. Captain Wataru Endo withdrew from the World Cup squad days before the opener because of a foot injury, a significant loss in leadership and midfield control. A less mature team might have entered the Netherlands game emotionally flat after that setback. Japan did the opposite. They looked connected, urgent, and convinced.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":326,"children":327},{},[328],{"type":35,"value":329},"The first half was cautious on the scoreboard but informative in style. The Dutch had more of the ball, and Japan had to survive a few uncomfortable moments, including an early Zion Suzuki save. What stood out, though, was Japan's patience. They did not chase the game recklessly. They stayed narrow, protected central spaces, and waited for the right moments to run.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":331,"children":332},{},[333],{"type":35,"value":334},"The match changed immediately after the break. Virgil van Dijk gave the Netherlands the lead in the 50th minute, attacking the ball well and guiding a header in for 1-0. That could have become the moment when a technically stronger European side settled down and managed the rest of the evening. Instead, it triggered Japan's most impressive stretch.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":336,"children":337},{},[338],{"type":35,"value":339},"Seven minutes later, Japan hit back through exactly the kind of move that has become their signature. Takefusa Kubo found Keito Nakamura, and Nakamura turned and rifled his finish past Bart Verbruggen from the left side of the arc. It was not only an equalizer. It was a demonstration of Japan's in-game revival through transition: one sharp pass, one quick turn, one decisive strike, and the Dutch advantage was gone.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":341,"children":342},{},[343],{"type":35,"value":344},"The Netherlands went ahead again in the 64th minute through Crysencio Summerville after Ryan Gravenberch's assist, and once more Japan had a choice. They could accept that this was one of those honorable defeats that still gets praised after the final whistle. Or they could keep leaning into the article's core truth and play like a team that no longer sees elite European opposition as a ceiling.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":346,"children":347},{},[348],{"type":35,"value":349},"Japan chose the second path. They kept pushing. They kept believing in the next action. In the 88th minute, Daichi Kamada rose to meet Koki Ogawa's corner and forced the ball in for 2-2. It was the reward for persistence, but it was also the reward for personality. Japan did not steal a point by accident. They earned it by refusing to let the game's momentum become Dutch property.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":351,"children":352},{},[353],{"type":35,"value":354},"The star performances told the same story. Kubo was the clearest creative spark, giving Japan a player who could receive under pressure and turn one good touch into forward momentum. Nakamura delivered the cleanest attacking moment of the night with his equalizer. Kamada supplied the final emotional punch. Suzuki's early composure in goal also mattered, because games like this often turn on whether the underdog stays alive long enough for its attacking plan to matter.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":356,"children":357},{},[358],{"type":35,"value":359},"That is what makes this result more than a draw on paper. Japan did not simply show effort. They showed a version of high-level tournament football that travels well: defensive discipline, transition precision, emotional resilience, and enough technical quality to punish lapses. Those are not outsider traits anymore. Those are the traits of a side that can compete with major teams from Europe on equal terms.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":361,"children":362},{},[363],{"type":35,"value":364},"Now the next question becomes just as interesting. According to FIFA's official schedule, Japan face Tunisia in Monterrey on Saturday, 20 June 2026, before closing Group F against Sweden in Arlington on Thursday, 25 June 2026. The Tunisia game is dangerous because it will likely ask a different question. The Netherlands gave Japan space to counter into. Tunisia may offer less space and force Japan to create more against a tighter block. Still, after this performance, Japan should back themselves to edge that match. The most reasonable prediction is a narrow Japan win, something like 1-0 or 2-1, with Kubo and Kamada again central to breaking the game open.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":366,"children":367},{},[368],{"type":35,"value":369},"Sweden should be even tougher in a different way. That match looks likely to become a fight over physical duels, set pieces, and second balls, and it may decide qualification or group position. But Japan's draw with the Netherlands changes the tone of that fixture. Instead of entering it as a side hoping to survive, Japan now look like a team that can play for control. If they take care of Tunisia, a draw against Sweden may be enough. If they repeat the same transition sharpness and defensive concentration shown against the Dutch, they have a real chance to finish in the top two.",{"type":30,"tag":31,"props":371,"children":372},{},[373],{"type":35,"value":374},"That is the proper reading of Japan's opener. 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