World Cup 2026: Gary Lineker names two countries to challenge France for trophy

England shot icon, Gary Lineker has stated that it volition beryllium ‘extremely challenging’ for ‘any team’ to halt France from clinching the World Cup.

France secured their advancement to the last-16 of the World Cup with a commanding 3-0 triumph implicit Sweden connected Tuesday evening.

Didier Deschamps’ squad has arguably been the standout squad successful the tournament, having triumphed implicit Senegal, Iraq, and Norway successful the radical stage, amassing 10 goals successful total.

The French team, who were crowned World Cup champions successful 2018 and finished arsenic runners-up 4 years ago, volition vie against Paraguay for a spot successful the quarter-finals aft the South American squad caused an upset by defeating Germany successful their erstwhile match.

Lineker considers the ‘breathtaking’ French squad to beryllium his favorites for the World Cup and believes that the defending champions, Argentina, mightiness beryllium the lone squad susceptible of ‘halting’ Deschamps’ illustrious squad successful the United States.

The legendary England guardant besides mentioned European champions Spain arsenic imaginable contenders against Fran...