🏆 World Cup, OneFootball Italy’s preview 🤓

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·11 June 2026

🏆 World Cup, OneFootball Italy’s preview 🤓

The World Cup is just around the corner. With Mexico-South Africa tonight, the USA-Mexico-Canada World Cup gets underway.

Even without Italy, the appeal of the most prestigious tournament in the world is immense. There is huge curiosity surrounding what will already be a historic edition, because it will be the last one in which those two phenomenon known as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi will play.

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Making a prediction is extremely difficult, but we at the OneFootball Italy editorial team gave it a try.

Marco Alessandri

World Cup winner 🏆: France;
Best player 🥇: Kylian Mbappé;
Surprise team 🤩: Turkey;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Argentina;
Top scorer 🎯: Kylian Mbappé.

Chiara Caravelli

World Cup winner 🏆: Spain;
Best player 🥇: Lamine Yamal;
Surprise team 🤩: Morocco;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Germany;
Top scorer 🎯: Harry Kane;

Diego D'Avanzo

World Cup winner 🏆: France;
Best player 🥇: Michael Olise;
Surprise team 🤩: Ecuador;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Brazil;
Top scorer 🎯: Harry Kane;

Vincenzo Visco

World Cup winner 🏆: Argentina;
Best player 🥇: Lamine Yamal;
Surprise team 🤩: Norway;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Brazil;
Top scorer 🎯: Harry Kane;

Emanuele Garbato

World Cup winner 🏆: Spain;
Best player 🥇: Lamine Yamal;
Surprise team 🤩: Netherlands;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Germany;
Top scorer 🎯: Lautaro Martinez.

Alessio d'Errico

World Cup winner 🏆: France;
Best player 🥇: Kylian Mbappé;
Surprise team 🤩: Netherlands;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Argentina;
Top scorer 🎯: Harry Kane.

Alessandro De Felice

World Cup winner 🏆: France;
Best player 🥇: Michael Olise;
Surprise team 🤩: Bosnia;
Biggest disappointment 👎: Argentina;
Top scorer 🎯: Vinicius;

The OF editorial team's predictions

France are the favorites, with as many as four votes, while Spain will try to upset the odds and win the World Cup, taking the crown from Argentina.

All eyes are on Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal and Michael Olise for the World Cup MVP award, while when it comes to the top scorer, Harry Kane is the main favorite. But keep an eye on Lautaro Martinez, who, according to Emanuele Garbato, could be the tournament’s leading striker after winning the top scorer title in the last Serie A season.

There are plenty of teams in the running for the World Cup surprise package award, with the Netherlands in pole position according to our editorial team, and Bosnia, Morocco, Norway and Turkey among the possible surprises.

The disappointment? For Marco Alessandri, Alessandro De Felice and Alessio D'Errico, it will be reigning champions Argentina, but there are also those who have some doubts about Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil.

And you? Write your predictions in the comments!

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.

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