Team of the World Cup

Subs/Honourable mentions: Sommer, Dest, Otamendi, Upamecano, Alba, Frenkie, Enzo, Amrabat, Bentancur, Kudus, Griezmann, Messi, Ziyech, Valencia

This was hard. I might be missing  even more names. What's your team?

Can't do Marquinhos/T Silva dirty like this. No shots on target for 2 matches straight. Becker was a spectator in the group stage.

Woja
Hakimi - T Silva - Stones - T. Hernandez
Bruno - Casemiro - Camavinga
Messi - Valencia - Mbappe

Too hard to do with so many players that go under the radar but something like that. Imo, Griezmann and Rabiot have been France's best players, even more than Mbappe. Valencia was the striker of the group stages. Messi saved Argentina. For Brazil you could many players, probably most clearly Casemiro and Silva, their defense has been incredible. Szczesny is the easiest pick. Bruno was great, there was also Amrabat, De Jong and few other for that spot.

Unsure on Trippier, felt like I should have one England player there.

Team of the world cup:

Livakovic
Hakimi Saiss Otamendi Hernandez
Enzo Modric Casemiro
Messi Alvarez Mbappe

Subs: Woja, Gvardiol, Maguire, De Jon, Rabiot, Griezmann, Bruno

You have to put Tchouameni in there... and NOT Hernandez.

Emi Martinez
Hakimi Saiss Gvardiol Hernandez
Amrabat MacAllistair
Griezmann
Messi Alvarez Mbappe

rincon wrote:

Livakovic
Hakimi - Saiss - Maguire - Acuña
Enzo - Casemiro - Griezmann
Bruno
Messi - Mbappe

are you the English media?

El Gunner wrote:

rincon wrote:

Livakovic
Hakimi - Saiss - Maguire - Acuña
Enzo - Casemiro - Griezmann
Bruno
Messi - Mbappe

are you the English media?

Because of Maguire? he was great and there weren't particularly stand out CBs. It's him, Silva, Gvardiol, Romero for that spot.

Alvarez, Amrabat, Rabiot, and a few others van be in there.

If he were the English media Saka would be there

rincon wrote:

Livakovic
Hakimi - Saiss - Maguire - Acuña
Enzo - Casemiro - Griezmann
Bruno
Messi - Mbappe

Bruno in the best eleven?

Did Frenzy hack your account or something?

Saka definitely deserves to be a sub / an honourable mention

Bruno > Saka. He was great this tournament regardless of Portugal memeing out of the world cup.

Alvarez would be an obvious choice too but that was a bit boring.

Goals of the Tournament:
1. Mbappe (2nd in final)
2. Di Maria (final)
3. Richarlison (vs Serbia)
4. Aboubaker (vs Serbia)
5. Alvarez/Messi run and assist (vs Croatia)
6. Molina/Messi throughball (vs Holland)

what else?

Al Dawsari vs Argentina
Orsic vs Morocco
Leao vs Switzerland
Rushford vs Wales

El Gunner wrote:Goals of the Tournament:
1. Mbappe (2nd in final)
2. Di Maria (final)
3. Richarlison (vs Serbia)
4. Aboubaker (vs Serbia)
5. Alvarez/Messi run and assist (vs Croatia)
6. Molina/Messi throughball (vs Holland)

what else?

Tchou v England was pretty great shot too

Interesting to see how similar stat XI:s are this time.