Tim Vickery

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Indo Sport · Tim Vickery bumper World Cup preview | Neymar returns, can Messi retain? · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

Brazil won in Mexico 70, Argentina won in Mexico 86, and Brazil won in USA 94.

It is a long, long way away.

There's a statistic that people who follow me will tire of hearing me say during this competition.

The distance between Buenos Aires and Mexico City is further than that between London and Mumbai.

That's a long, long way away.

We're in midwinter here.

Look at the temperature that the players are going to be subjected to.

But yes, South America has a 100% record, although I think that this is going to be the most difficult one.

If you look at that Brazil win in USA 94, you look at the European teams and their level, and you compare it with the European teams now,

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.

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