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The speed of France is so respected and alarming that teams played off of them all tournament in fear and rightfully so. Against Spain and England, both teams have speed and they aren't respecting France and aren't simply letting them walk the ball down the field within 30 feet from the box and then packing it in and playing defense. They are simply taking the ball from them, challenging them. On offense, Spain and England aren't playing in fear of Frances speed and over passing. They are challenging in 1 on 1 situations in mid field and expecting to win some of those. In conclusion, you could see it against Spain and you can see it against England in that France is "shocked" or "surprised" that these 2 teams are going for their throat and having little to zero respect for Frances speed.

Maybe Argentina isn't simply a clutch soccer team with guys that "work hard" that find ways to win and led by the GOAT Messi. Nope. Maybe......Argentina might just be what they've shown on the field for the last 4 years in international futbol (soccer) in that they've dominated international play. They might just be....the favorites. Hard to say and hard to do transitive theory, but England is taking it to France and we all know France is pretty dang good..