Spain has been knocked out by the Russian side in the first round, but the country is still in the 2018 World Cup in another way. With 11 names in French and Croatian, La Liga is the most representative league in the upcoming finals in Luzhniki.
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The Spanish team has just experienced a miserable World Cup. Although not eliminated in the group stage as the tournament in Brazil four years ago, stopping in the first round was still a failure with La Roja. But while the side of the Bulls' side was disappointing, their league came to a sudden conclusion when the final match was like a show of La Liga force.
La Liga is the league with the most players in the 2018 World Cup finals with 11 names, and seven of these may be the main players. Atletico are number one with four members, followed by Barca, Real Madrid with three and Sevilla with one as midfielder Steven N'Zonzi. Thus, from a point of view the match in Luzhniki Sunday evening (15/7) can be considered El Clasico match or Madrid derby miniature.
Antoine Griezmann, Lucas Hernandez, Sime Vrsaljko and rookie Thomas Lemar will be joined by Raphael Varane, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic on Real Madrid side. The Los Blancos will face Barça's Samuel Umtiti, Ousmane Dembele and Ivan Rakitic. And with the players who have understood each other well at the club, or through the battle between the top three teams La Liga last season, the 2018 World Cup finals will be worth the wait.
In Luzhniki, Vrsaljko's mission is to stop the two Lucas and Griezmann teammates. Wanting to create the mutation, Dembele will have to get rid of the restraints of teammates Rakitic, who is usually arranged to play in the Croatian team. French midfielder Varane - Umtiti, who often faces each other in the clashes of El Clasico, this time will share the task to prevent the sharp passage of Modric. Those are the notable explosions of the final, and all are "made in La Liga".
Set aside the overwhelming influence, the presence of the remaining league suddenly became quite faint. Both Ligue 1 (8 players), Premier League (6), Serie A (6) or Bundesliga (5) are less represented in Luzhniki than La Liga. Not only that, many of them are either reserve players, or will not face each other directly in Luzhniki. It was only Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) with Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Kylian Mbappe (PSG) with Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus) with Marcelo Brozovic (Inter ) or between Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart) and Ante Rebic (Frankfurt).
Therefore, it is possible that the fate of the 2018 World Cup finals will be decided by the factors that come from La Liga. Do not forget 5 of the 10 goals that France recorded in the Russian league belonged to the players who played in Spain (Griezmann 3, Varane 1, Umtiti 1). Real Madrid midfielder, Modric is not only the captain, but also the greatest striker, but also the first striker of the Balkans in the World Cup with 2 goals.
The red-white final
This is not Croatia's red-white, but of ... Atletico. With four names including Vrsaljko (Croatia), Griezmann, Lucas and newcomer Lemar (France), Los Rojiblancos is the most represented team in the 2018 World Cup. Not to mention, Mandzukic (Croatia) also Have time to wear Atletico shirt. Ranked behind Wanda Metropolitano owners Barca, Real Madrid, Juventus, PSG and Marseille, who also contributed three players.
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