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Team Of The Tournament - Who Would You Pick?

Stig
Stig Posts: 29,021
in Other Football and Sports
I tried to pick a squad of 32 based on one player for each team. I didn't quite finish it, but this is the sort of squad I'd like to bring to Charlton if I had unlimited cash (unfortunately, I haven't):

FIRST XI

Kasper SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) - Goalkeeper
Kieran TRIPPIER (England) - Defender
Aleksander KOLAROV (Serbia) - Defender
Sergio RAMOS (Spain) Defender - A rare centre half who spends more time in the opposition half.
Andreas GRANQVIST (Sweden) - Defender
CASEMIRO (Brazil) - Midfielder
Xherdan SHAQIRI (Switzerland) - Midfielder
Denis CHERYCHEV (Russia) - Midfielder
Luca MODRIC (Croatia) - Midfielder - Golden Ball winner, plus if the perjury charges stick he could go in the Bad Boys XI.
Romelu LUKAKU (Belgium) - Forward
Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal) - Forward

SUBS BENCH

Guillermo OCHOA (Mexico) - Goalkeeper
Yerry MINA (Columbia) - Defender
Toni KROOS (Germany) - Midfielder - More on reputation than performance, though the Sweden free kick was sublime.
Diego LAXALT (Uruguay) - Midfielder
Kylian MBAPPE (France) - Forward

SQUAD

JO Hyeonwoo (South Korea) - Goalkeeper- For keeping Germany out.
Jan BENAREK (Poland) - Defender
Milad MOHAMMADI (Iran) - Defender - Mainly for the funny throw-ins.
Mile JEDNIAK (Australia) - Midfielder - Not keen on the Palace association but I need a big beard in the team.
Takashi INUI (Japan) - Midfielder
Christian BOLAÑOS (Costa Rica) - Midfielder - Mainly for the what ifs.
André CARILLO (Peru) Midfielder
Jóhann Berg GUÐMUNDSSON (Iceland) - Midfielder - For old times sake.
Mohamed SALAH (Egypt) - Forward - More on reputation than performance.
Sergio AGUERO (Argentina) - Forward - More on reputation than performance.
Sadio MANE (Senegal) - Forward
Position vacant (Morocco)
Position vacant (Nigeria)
Position vacant (Panama)
Position vacant (Saudi Arabia)
Position vacant (Tunisia)

Comments

  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,989
    France.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,762
    edited July 2018
    My personal first XI (with a touch of England bias)

    --------------- Pickford

    -- Alderweireld Varane Maguire

    Trippier--- Modric Kante ---Laxalt

    ------ Hazard Kane Mbappe

    Subs: Subasic, Mina, Pavard, Cheryshev, De Bruyne, Perisic, Lukaku
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Actual 11 of the tournemant would look something like this.

    Gk-Courtois

    RWB-Trippier
    CB-Maguire
    CB-Varane
    CB-Godin
    LWB-Hernandez

    CM-Kante
    CM-Modric
    CAM-Hazard

    ATT-Mbappe
    ATT-Kane

    Wanted to put Lukaku in but couldnt take out Kane
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited July 2018
    Almost the same @Callumcafc
    Only differences are
    Courtois-Pickford
    Godin-Alderweireld
    Hernandez-Laxalt
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    with a 4-2-3-1

    Courtois

    Trippier Varane Mina Hernandez

    Kante Modric

    Hazard Griezmann Mbappe

    Kane
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,946
    edited July 2018
    Courtois
    Trippier, Varane, Godin, Hernandez
    Pogba, Kante, Modric
    Mbappe, Kane, Hazard

    Kane in for his first 4 games before he seems to have got injured.

    Honourable mentions for Pickford, Perisic and Coutinho.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,946
    JessieAddick said:

    Not sure about every position but I'd definitely want to have Hazard, Mbappe, Lucas Hernandez, De Bryune, Trippier (why do I keep seeing 'Tripper' on CL?...), Kante, Courtois/Pickford in my team.

    Autocorrect!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Not sure about Kane as he faded when we needed him most. Trippier and Maguire should be shoe-ins.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,126
    I'm going with Southgate's 3-5-2

    Pickford

    Varane
    Maguire
    Umtiti

    Trippier

    Modric
    Kante
    Hazard

    Hernandez

    Mbappe
    Griezmann

    Bench:

    Pavard
    Courtois
    De Bruyne
    Coutinho
    Perisic
    Ronaldo

    Manager: Deschamps
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,916
    MuttleyCAFC said:

    Not sure about Kane as he faded when we needed him most. Trippier and Maguire should be shoe-ins.

    99% sure he was injured... with some luck we will have a 2nd lethal striker by 2020. Or at least someone thats half competant at this level. When a teams goals pretty much all come from set plays, it doesnt take long to get found out. The love train was pointless in the end... Maguire was the target literally every time.
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    Eye sea?
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Stones was as every bit as good as Maguire IMO, but Maguire is getting the plaudits because of expectation/reputation.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    cafcfan1990 said:

    Stones was as every bit as good as Maguire IMO, but Maguire is getting the plaudits because of expectation/reputation.

    Maguire brought the ball out really well also. He went on a couple of rampaging runs, whereas Stones never really did that
  • Danepak
    Danepak Posts: 1,628
    Stig said:

    I tried to pick a squad of 32 based on one player for each team. I didn't quite finish it, but this is the sort of squad I'd like to bring to Charlton if I had unlimited cash (unfortunately, I haven't):

    FIRST XI

    Kasper SCHMEICHEL (Denmark) - Goalkeeper
    Kieran TRIPPIER (England) - Defender
    Aleksander KOLAROV (Serbia) - Defender
    Sergio RAMOS (Spain) Defender - A rare centre half who spends more time in the opposition half.
    Andreas GRANQVIST (Sweden) - Defender
    CASEMIRO (Brazil) - Midfielder
    Xherdan SHAQIRI (Switzerland) - Midfielder
    Denis CHERYCHEV (Russia) - Midfielder
    Luca MODRIC (Croatia) - Midfielder - Golden Ball winner, plus if the perjury charges stick he could go in the Bad Boys XI.
    Romelu LUKAKU (Belgium) - Forward
    Cristiano RONALDO (Portugal) - Forward

    SUBS BENCH

    Guillermo OCHOA (Mexico) - Goalkeeper
    Yerry MINA (Columbia) - Defender
    Toni KROOS (Germany) - Midfielder - More on reputation than performance, though the Sweden free kick was sublime.
    Diego LAXALT (Uruguay) - Midfielder
    Kylian MBAPPE (France) - Forward

    SQUAD

    JO Hyeonwoo (South Korea) - Goalkeeper- For keeping Germany out.
    Jan BENAREK (Poland) - Defender
    Milad MOHAMMADI (Iran) - Defender - Mainly for the funny throw-ins.
    Mile JEDNIAK (Australia) - Midfielder - Not keen on the Palace association but I need a big beard in the team.
    Takashi INUI (Japan) - Midfielder
    Christian BOLAÑOS (Costa Rica) - Midfielder - Mainly for the what ifs.
    André CARILLO (Peru) Midfielder
    Jóhann Berg GUÐMUNDSSON (Iceland) - Midfielder - For old times sake.
    Mohamed SALAH (Egypt) - Forward - More on reputation than performance.
    Sergio AGUERO (Argentina) - Forward - More on reputation than performance.
    Sadio MANE (Senegal) - Forward
    Position vacant (Morocco)
    Position vacant (Nigeria)
    Position vacant (Panama)
    Position vacant (Saudi Arabia)
    Position vacant (Tunisia)

    Kjaer (along with Schmeichel) was the reason why Denmark made it out of the group stages (and almost beat Croatia). Prior to the tournament, everyone in Denmark expected our performance to rely on how Eriksen played. He didn't impress.
    Therefore, I would add Kjaer to the bench.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,781
    paulie8290 said:

    Actual 11 of the tournemant would look something like this.

    Gk-Courtois

    RWB-Trippier
    CB-Maguire
    CB-Varane
    CB-Godin
    LWB-Hernandez

    CM-Kante
    CM-Modric
    CAM-Hazard

    ATT-Mbappe
    ATT-Kane

    Wanted to put Lukaku in but couldnt take out Kane

    One could make a case for replacing about 50% of them but I'd be happy with that as a first team to beat Real Madrid in a European Cup final. With that midfield and those wingbacks, Kane would get a hat-trick every game.
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    killerandflash said:

    cafcfan1990 said:

    Stones was as every bit as good as Maguire IMO, but Maguire is getting the plaudits because of expectation/reputation.

    Maguire brought the ball out really well also. He went on a couple of rampaging runs, whereas Stones never really did that
    True, but I thought overall Stones was the slightly better defender. Regardless, both had very good tournaments and I hope they continue to kick on.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,301
    When do FIFA announce the team of the tournament or is that not a thing?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    ForeverAddickted said:

    When do FIFA announce the team of the tournament or is that not a thing?

    I believe you can vote on it from their website.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,254
    Courtois
    Pavard Varane Maguire Hernandez
    Modric De Bruyne Kante
    Mbappe Kane Hazard

    Pickford, Trippier, Godin, Granqvist, Umtiti, Marcelo, Pogba, Rakitic, Coutinho, Perisic, Griezmann, Ronaldo

    Would be my overall squad of choice I think

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,841
    Stig said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    When do FIFA announce the team of the tournament or is that not a thing?

    I believe you can vote on it from their website.
    Don't they have a team of technical experts to choose the team?
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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    killerandflash said:

    Stig said:

    ForeverAddickted said:

    When do FIFA announce the team of the tournament or is that not a thing?

    I believe you can vote on it from their website.
    Don't they have a team of technical experts to choose the team?
    Ahh, maybe they do. It's goal of the tournament you can vote on.

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