So it now much depends on the bullish bulwark of Kylian Mbappe and the newbies William Saliba and Aurelien Tchouameni to do what Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann would certainly do – and did when France lifted the World Cup in 2018 – if they were four years younger.īut the Cup that spilleth over is as much about the intangibles – us, the watchers, supporters and fans, whether at the stadiums in Qatar or in front of screens in whichever part of the world or of our homes we are. N'Golo Kante is also out because of injury.
The fact that there is no Paul Pogba has already been posted on the wall by skipper Olivier Giroud.
Good luck to both the teams and us, the spectators.įrance is that strange Gallic thing this year – a favourite dark horse. Uruguay, the Netherlands, Croatia will hope to keep ‘climbing up the mountain, here we come’ sometimes edgeways, to near the summit. With Germany let’s just say not on the ascendant, fans of the Die Mannschaft will be hoping its not Götterdämmerung - twilight of the gods – too soon. But they have the Tudor bastard prince-looking Harry Kane, Jack Grealish, Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling hoping to be the cookie-cutter in Qatar. We will see whether Lukaku’s recovered from his injuries and is back in form or not, even as Hazard remains ever-dangerous.Įngland, the dark horse, couldn’t quite bring the Cup ‘back home’ in 2018 Russia. The Red Devils have the now veteran Kevin De Bruyne, equipped with the double-edged sword of Romelu Lukaku and Hazard. It still retains the core of the marvellous 2018 squad that almost pipped France in the semifinal when Eden Hazard nearly scoring twice, but ultimately coming out 0-1 poorer. And the quantitative look at the squad shows a quality of is own.
Like Tite, the punters are also betting on these Boys of Brazil. Manager Tite is also betting on what he calls ‘perninhas rapidas’ – fast little legs – Raphinha (Barcelona), Antony (Manchester United), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid), Rodrygo (Real Madrdid) and Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal). In the last couple of editions, the Seleção was really Neymar of Barcelona and ten other players, and then Neymar of Paris Saint-Germain and ten other players. Take one of the favourites to lift the Cup: Brazil.
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