Philippe Auclair

It's a team that looks sharper than previous incarnations, which tended to arrive at big competitions with players who were either out of form or even carrying slight injuries.

And this time Tuchel has decided, players who are carrying slight injuries, I'm sorry guys, you're not going to make it.

And that is another argument in their favor, especially given the climatic conditions in which the tournament is going to be played.

It's the hope that kills you, isn't it?

For me, Ghana is one of those teams whose reputation, because of their name, is much brighter than what they actually have to offer.

And it's been the case for a very long time for Ghana, who have always been the team of which so much was expected.

I mean, it's back to the 60s when they didn't play in the 1966 World Cup.

They boycotted, basically.

And when everybody says, oh, look at Ghana, they're fantastic.

And it's always been like that, generation after generation.

This idea that Ghana was somehow a kind of African superpower has taken hold.

That's just not true.

It's not true.

And their team looks not particularly well balanced to me.

I don't think they will make a deep impression in that tournament at all, I'm afraid.

Can I just add one thing for Luka Modric?

This tournament is the tournament in which Modric is probably going to enter a very, very, very small club, which is the players who have got more than 200 caps for their country.

He's on 196 at the moment.

Messi's on 198.

So there's only two.