🚨 Title contender: First European nation books spot at World Cup | OneFootball

Is football coming home soon? English fans have likely been asking themselves this question since their first and only World Cup victory in 1966. At least, as of tonight, there is more reason for hope.

The team led by Thomas Tuchel has just qualified as the first European team for the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada, and Mexico with a 5-0 victory against Latvia. A sign of a title win next summer?

The Euro 2021 runner-up is once again traveling with a star-studded ensemble to the world's biggest football tournament.

The crucial question, however, is whether Harry Kane, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, and company can function as a team. Since the World Cup victory, no English team has reached a World Cup final. In 2022, they were stopped in the quarter-finals by the powerhouse from France.

What do you think: Does England have the potential for the title?

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