Objective: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge)
defense: Arthur Theate (Stade Rennes), Wout Faes (Leicester City), Toby Alderweireld (Royal Antwerp FC), Zeno Debast (RSC Anderlecht), Jan Vertonghen (RSC Anderlecht), Timothy Castagne (Leicester City), Thomas Meunier (BVB)
Midfield/Attack: Amadou Onana (Everton), Leander Dendoncker (Aston Villa), Axel Witsel (Atletico Madrid), Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Charles De Ketelaere (Milan), Hans Vanaken (Club Bruges), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Leandro Trossard (Brighton), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (BVB), Dodi Lukebakio (Hertha), Loïs Openda (RC Lens), Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahçe), Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) , Romelu Kukaku (Inter Milan)
Croatia: Another storm in the final?
Croatia surprisingly reached the final of the 2018 World Cup, losing 4-2 to France. This time reaching the final would not be a surprise, but an absolute sensation. After the World Cup, important players like Ivan Rakitic and Mario Mandzukic quit. Top star and world footballer 2018 Luka Modric is now 37 years old. Nonetheless, the Croats are serious contenders, with RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol also managing a defensive gem for the national team. The first objective is to get ahead in the group.
Croatia in brief
Greatest Hits: Vice-World Champion 2018
Coach: Zlatko Dalic, former coach in Saudi Arabia and Croatia
crew ((based on transfermarkt.de, subject to change, may still change at the start of the World Cup, up to 26 players in total can be nominated):
Objective: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivica Ivusic (Nk Osijek), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split)
defenseJosko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), Josip Sutalo (Dinamo Zagreb), Martin Erlic (Sassuolo), Dejan Lovren (Zenit), Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens), Borna Sosa (VfB Stuttgart), Borna Barisic (Glasgow Rangers), Josip Stanisic (Bavaria), Josip Juranovic (Celtic)
Midfield/Attack: Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Luka Sucic (RB Salzburg), Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Perisic (Tottenham), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Torino), Lovro Majer (Stade Rennes ), Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Andrej Kramaric (TSG Hoffenheim), Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split), Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (CA Osasuna)
Canada: second World Cup in history
In 2022, Canada will be allowed to participate in a World Cup for the second time. Little or nothing came together in 1986: Canada was eliminated after the preliminary round and did not score a single point at that time. The team around Bayern’s star player Alphonso Davies definitely want to improve on that record. With the talent of storm Jonathan David (Lille), the two young people and their team want to create the surprise and qualify for the round of 16.
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