Tim Vickery

France didn't even qualify for USA 94.

Spain did, but they were a completely different footballing animal.

Their footballing culture has changed remarkably in the subsequent decades.

So you've got France and Spain far, far stronger.

England as well.

England didn't qualify for USA 94.

Look at the amount of talent that England can call on now.

It is no coincidence, I think, that

Every Brazil campaign since they won the last World Cup, the last time in 2002, has ended as soon as they've come up against the European side in the knockout stages.

And that's part of the explanation for the fact that now Brazil have a European coach.

Come on down, Carlo Ancelotti.

in a few weeks it is an extraordinary story it's a tale of two Lionels really because Argentina 2018 they're an absolute shambles and he'd already flirted with retiring from the international game and he really thought then that right that's going to be it he's not going to bother with this anymore and Scaloni takes over as a coach on one single ground he's cheap and

They have to pay off their coach, Sampaoli, who was on a long-term contract.

Scaloni just happens to be there.

He'd been one of the observers of Argentina's opponents during 2018.

He's never coached a senior team in his life.

Diego Maradona at the time says, he's a nice lad, this Scaloni, but you wouldn't pick him to direct traffic, let alone the national team.

And you couldn't really disagree with him.

And look at it now.

It's not only, remember, Argentina hadn't won a senior title.