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Jimbo, Raphael Hongstein, Julien Laurens and Alvaro Romeo assess the big hitters in Europe with the Nations League qualifiers over and the World Cup on the horizon.\n\nEngland and Germany fight out a 3-3 thriller in a game that exposes both team\u2019s flaws. Are we only just seeing Southgate\u2019s shortcomings when the rest of the continent has been aware for a while?\n\nFrance beat Austria and lose to Denmark, yet with the talent Didier Deschamps has at his disposal, could they become the first nation in 60 years to retain the World Cup?\n\nOr will it be Argentina or Brazil who are looking strong by comparison to the likes of Spain, who have a settled midfield and goalkeeper but not much else.\n\nAnd Michiel Jongsma joins us to discuss the only major European nation that are looking strong right now \u2013 Louis Van Gaal\u2019s Netherlands.\n\n\nRUNNING ORDER:\xa0\n\n\u2022 PART 1a: Getting excited for World Cup (02.00)\n\u2022 PART 1b: Moment of the weekend (05.00)\n\u2022 PART 1c: England 3-3 Germany (09.30)\xa0\n\u2022 PART 2: France \u2013 boom or bust in Qatar? (25.00)\n\u2022 PART 3: Spanish struggles (34.30)\n\u2022 PART 4a: Michiel Jongsma on the resurgent Netherlands (43.00)\n\u2022 PART 4b: What about Brazil and Argentina? (50.30)\n\nSIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR \xa31 A MONTH FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS\n\u2022\xa0theathletic.com/totally\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices