Statistics would seem to be able to demonstrate that one game of soccer can’t in any way prove superiority of one team over the other to any degree of certainty.
Same could be said for March Madness. Gonzaga made it to the final game in 2017 and 2021, but came up short. Covid stole our natty in 2020, we were on a roll heading into the Dance.
I think today France showed they are head and shoulders above everybody else.
That’s the fun part about single elimination. It’s not about being better, it’s about being better for 1 game.