Tim Howard

“Yeah, I think you've gone away from the conventional. a little bit. I'm Germany Portugal on the one side of the bracket. I think England France on the other. Germany for me I think rides that wave into the semifinal. I do. Look, Spain is formidable but the way that Germany have the ability as I mentioned to you to play two different styles. They can play attacking. They can have flair and they can also kind of defend back against the wall. I'm not sure Spain has that. plus the home crowd. And then I think Portugal, I think Portugal beats them to get to the final. And I think England and France on the other side, I do. I think England have a strong showing. It wouldn't surprise me if they don't get there, but they'll have a strong showing to the semifinal. But France has got that amazing ability to be somewhat young with the experience. Oftentimes you don't get the two, but you won the World Cup, got into a final, played brilliantly in the final and just lost out. They have that big game experience. They're going to cruise through. They'll get to the third final. They won't be fazed by it. And I think they'll perform really well. So ultimately, I do. I think France comes out on top against Portugal in the final.”

Spain won UEFA Euro 2024, beating France 2-1 in the semi-final and England 2-1 in the final; France did not win (Wikipedia).

“Tim, we've got about a minute left. Just want to get your thoughts on Golden Boot, Mbappe, and Harry Kane, both co-favorites. Do you see anybody outside of those two potentially winning this award? No. There's always someone that jumps in there and pushes the pace. But Mbappe's done it. I keep talking about what they've done over the last couple major tournaments. He stepped up to the plate. He scores goals in big games. You know, this isn't something going into tournament we have to question. We know that that's fact. So the fact that I think they're going to go deep, I think they're going to go to the final and likely win it, he'll have more opportunities. So I think Mbappe gets it done.”

The Euro 2024 Golden Boot was shared by six players at 3 goals (Gakpo, Kane, Mikautadze, Musiala, Olmo, Schranz); Mbappe was not among them (ESPN).