“There is no such thing any more as favorites,” England boss Thomas Tuchel declared as the World Cup was whittled down to just four remaining sides.
Rather than any veiled jibe at his own team, Tuchel was making the argument that there are such fine margins to separate nations at this stage of the competition, any could feasibly win it. All four semifinalists have won the tournament before (some more recently than others), theoretically bolstering his claim.
