The Europeans have started by far the strongest in this tournament so far out of the confederations.
So far
Uefa teams have won 9, drawn 4 and lost 1 (those hopeless Germans)
Conmebol have won 1, lost 1 and drawn 2
Concacaf have won 1 and lost 2
Asia have won 1 and lost 2
Oceania have lost their only game
And
Africa have lost all 4 games so far.
I think that's stronger than usual for uefa and the African teams seem weaker than in the past.