Freedom to Win: EURO 2020 Economic Predictor

Cristiano Ronaldo lifts the Henri Delaunay Cup as he celebrates with his Portuguese teammates after they won the EURO 2016 final against France at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on July 10, 2016. Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

France is the narrow betting favorite to win the EURO 2020 soccer tournament that kicks-off Friday in Rome. But a nation’s soccer fortune is not written in the odds, but in the stats—the economic stats.