1998: France win the World Cup. 2002: France eliminated in group stages. 2006: Italy win the World Cup. 2010: Italy eliminated in group stages. 2010: Spain win the World Cup. 2014: Spain eliminated in group stages. 2014: Germany win the World Cup. 2018: ___________
They've played Panama and Tunisia and it's theirs to lose? It's anyone's to win at the moment I would say.