Arsene Wenger has dared to look ahead to a collision between England and his native France, two teams he considers capable of going all the way in this World Cup.
'If all goes to plan these two favourites England and France might meet,' said Wenger, the former Arsenal boss now chief of FIFA's global football development, as England prepared for Senegal and France for Poland in the last 16.
'It's never as easy as looks on paper,' he added, noting how Argentina were pushed all the way by Australia on Saturday, but the 73-year-old expects those nations with the strongest squads to go furthest in Qatar.