World Cup 2018 - General discussion

[VorZakone]

No World Cup anthem this year or...?

 

[crossy1686]

No World Cup anthem this year or...?

Nah, they decided against it. No official England one that is...

 

[Samid]

No World Cup anthem this year or...?

Coca Cola have one, not sure if it's the official one.

 

[FootballHQ]

Iceland’s 23-man squad:

Goalkeepers: Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Randers), Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (Nordsjælland), Frederik Schram (Roskilde).

Defenders: Ari Freyr Skúlason (Lokeren), Hörður B. Magnússon (Bristol City), Ragnar Sigurðsson (Rostov), Kári Árnason (Aberdeen), Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (Levski Sofia), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Rostov), Birkir Már Sævarsson (Valur), Samúel Kári Friðjónsson (Valerenga).

Midfielders: Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (Everton), Aron Einar Gunnarsson (Cardiff City), Emil Hallfreðsson (Udinese), Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (Burnley), Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Karabukspor), Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Malmö), Rúrik Gíslason (Sandhausen).

Forwards: Alfreð Finnbogason (Augsburg), Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (Rostov), Jón Daði Böðvarsson (Reading), Albert Guðmundsson (PSV).

When you actually see that squad there and the teams many of them play for shows how amazing they did at Euro 2016 and then to win a very tough qualifying group.

A few went to decent clubs after euro 2016 and struggled. Think Sigborsson who scored the winner v England has been injured ever since. Bjarni's done alright for us this season, struggled first six months but since January has played well and chipped in with goals. We've tended to play him as a DM, that's not his position for national team is it?

 

[Asger]

When you actually see that squad there and the teams many of them play for shows how amazing they did at Euro 2016 and then to win a very tough qualifying group.

A few went to decent clubs after euro 2016 and struggled. Think Sigborsson who scored the winner v England has been injured ever since. Bjarni's done alright for us this season, struggled first six months but since January has played well and chipped in with goals. We've tended to play him as a DM, that's not his position for national team is it?

Birkir Bjarnason? He usually playes as left winger for Iceland.

 

[Charles Miller]

He made a mistake against Real when he played on the left - but that is very untypically for him. He is very good with the ball and with build up play - when Lahm played defensive midfielder he was always starter with Guardiola - and is very good defensively - what I think is wise when you have Marcelo on the other side. I would love if he would get called for the World Cup. He had a call for the friendlies last summer. He is the absolute team player - not just on the pitch - a very valuable piece of the dressing room at Bayern.

Tite will name the players next monday and Rafinha most probably will be Dani Alves replacement because theres not many options anyway. In fact i think he will be starter in the World Cup because apparently the coach doesnt trust in Danilo.

 

[Samid]

Egypt provisional squad
Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Mohamed Awad (Ismaily).

Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy “El Wensh” (Zamalek), Mohamed AbdelShafy (Al Fath) Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom), Ali Gabr (West Brom), Ahmed ElMohamady (Aston Villa), Karim Hafez (RC Lens), Omar Gaber (LAFC), Amro Tarek (Orlando City).

Midfielders: Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Mahmoud AbdelAziz (Zamalek), Shikabala (Al Raed), AbdAllah El-Said (KuPS), Sam Morsy (Wigan), Mohamed ElNeny (Arsenal), Mahmoud “Kahraba” (Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Mahmoud “Trezeguet” (Kasimpasa), Amr Warda (Atromitos).

Forwards: Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry) Ahmed Hassan “Koka” (SC Braga), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

 

[FootballHQ]

*Looks for Salah*.......

 

[Kostur]

Poland provisional squad
Goalkeepers: Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich Town, England), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City, Wales), Lukasz Skorupski (Roma, Italy), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus, Italy);

Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Southampton, England), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria, Italy), Thiago Cionek (SPAL, Italy), Kamil Glik (Monaco, France), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Marcin Kaminski (Stuttgart, Germany), Tomasz Kedziora (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund, Germany);

Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Wolfsburg, Germany), Pawel Dawidowicz (Palermo, Italy), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Jagiellonia Bialystok), Jacek Goralski (Ludogorets Razgrad, Bulgaria), Kamil Grosicki (Hull City, England), Damian Kadzior (Gornik Zabrze), Grzegorz Krychowiak (West Bromwich Albion, England), Rafal Kurzawa (Gornik Zabrze), Karol Linetty (Sampdoria, Italy), Maciej Makuszewski (Lech Poznan), Krzysztof Maczynski (Legia Warsaw), Slawomir Peszko (Lechnia Gdansk), Maciej Rybus (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Sebastian Szymanski (Legia Warsaw), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli, Italy), Szymon Zurkowski (Gornik Zabrze);

Forwards: Dawid Kownacki (Sampdoria, Italy), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich, Germany), Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli, Italy), Krzysztof Piatek (Cracovia), Lukasz Teodorczyk (Anderlecht, Belgium), Kamil Wilczek (Brondby, Denmark).

Bolded are pretty much bound to go, 19 spots. Hopefully Jędrzejczyk, Skorupski, Pazdan and Teodorczyk feck off though. Peszko, Kurzawa, Kownacki, Mączyński, Góralski all could go, hope Kownacki, Kurzawa and Góralski go, not sure Mączyński can recover from injury in time, Peszko is a fecking clown but Lewy's friend so he'll go on that basis I'm afraid. I guess 1-2 spots will be a tosscoin between Żurkowski, Szymański, Kądzior and Piątek. Also fingers crossed it's Białkowski and not Skorupski as the third GK, although it matters very little.

 

[IRELANDUNITED]

What will England's 11 be? Will he play with wing backs?

Pickford

Walker - Stones - Jones - Cahill - Rose

Henderson Dier

Lingard Ali

Kane

?

 

[el3mel]

Egypt provisional squad
Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Mohamed Awad (Ismaily).

Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy “El Wensh” (Zamalek), Mohamed AbdelShafy (Al Fath) Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom), Ali Gabr (West Brom), Ahmed ElMohamady (Aston Villa), Karim Hafez (RC Lens), Omar Gaber (LAFC), Amro Tarek (Orlando City).

Midfielders: Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Mahmoud AbdelAziz (Zamalek), Shikabala (Al Raed), AbdAllah El-Said (KuPS), Sam Morsy (Wigan), Mohamed ElNeny (Arsenal), Mahmoud “Kahraba” (Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Mahmoud “Trezeguet” (Kasimpasa), Amr Warda (Atromitos).

Forwards: Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry) Ahmed Hassan “Koka” (SC Braga), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

Should have taken Solia and Shatat but I have no problem with the rest. Our lineup will be the usual :

Hadary
Fathy - Hegazi - Gabr - Shafy
Tarek - Nenny
Salah - Said - Trezeguet
Marwan
​

Great feeling. I'm for once starting to feel people are starting to recognize that we have football played here in Egypt.

 

[Minkaro]

Not sure if people have seen this, but Transfermarkt.com has a thing where you can pick your own squad. Any team in the competition, and the options are ridiculous - you could pick Rob Green for England GK (if for some reason you hate England)

 

[Samid]

What will England's 11 be? Will he play with wing backs?

Pickford

Walker - Stones - Jones - Cahill - Rose

Henderson Dier

Lingard Ali

Kane

?

Probably something like this:

Pickford
Stones - Jones - Maguire
Walker - Dier - Henderson - Rose
Alli - Kane - Sterling​

If I was choosing it would be something like this:

Pickford
Walker - Smalling - Jones - Rose
Sterling - Dier - Drinkwater - Young
Kane - Vardy​

England will get ripped apart trying to play the possession game against the big boys so why not play a bit pragmatic and give yourself a fair chance?

 

[Mr Smith]

Probably something like this:

Pickford
Stones - Jones - Maguire
Walker - Dier - Henderson - Rose
Alli - Kane - Sterling​

If I was choosing it would be something like this:

Pickford
Walker - Smalling - Jones - Rose
Sterling - Dier - Drinkwater - Young
Kane - Vardy​

England will get ripped apart trying to play the possession game against the big boys so why not play a bit pragmatic and give yourself a fair chance?

A 3-4-3 can be pretty pragmatic to be fair. Personally I think it's the formation that gets the best out of the players England have; utilises your flying fullbacks and compensates for the fact that you don't really have proper wingers.

 

[Impulse]

For England I'm expecting somthing like this:

Pickford
Walker - Stones - Maguire
Trippier - Henderson - Dier - Alli/Lingard - Bertrand
Sterling - Kane​

 

[Blackwidow]

Provisional squad of Peru:

Goal (3): Pedro Gallese (CD Veracruz), Jose Carvallo (Universitario de Deportes), Carlos Caceda (Deportivo Municipal)

Defense (9): Luis Abram (CA Velez Sarsfield), Luis Advincula (Lobos BUAP), Miguel Araujo (Alianza Lima), Aldo Corzo (Universitario de Deportes), Nilson Loyola (FBC Melgar), Christian Ramos (CD Veracruz), Alberto Rodriguez (Junior de Barranquilla), Anderson Santamaria (Puebla FC), Miguel Trauco (CR Flamengo)

Midfield (9): Pedro Aquino (Lobos BUAP), Wilmer Cartagena (CD Veracruz), Christian Cueva (Sao Paulo FC), Edison Flores (Aalborg BK), Paolo Hurtado (Vitoria Guimaraes), Sergio Pena (FC Grenada), Andy Polo (Portland Timbers), Renato Tapia (Feyenoord Rotterdam), Yoshimar Yotun (Orlando City)

Forwards (4): Paolo Guerrero (CR Flamengo), Andre Carrillo (FC Watford), Raul Ruidiaz (Monarcas Morelia), Jefferson Farfan (Lokomotive Moskau)

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Not a surprise. Paolo Guerrero is in it.

 

[bebeanderson]

Whats the point of these provisional squads. 23 is the only amount you take

 

[Andycoleno9]

What will England's 11 be? Will he play with wing backs?

Pickford

Walker - Stones - Jones - Cahill - Rose

Henderson Dier

Lingard Ali

Kane

?

Wow, that looks really bad. I mean when you know that you had ( on paper):
Seaman- gary rio terry cole
Scholes gerrard lampard beckham
Owen rooney

 

[HTG]

Whats the point of these provisional squads. 23 is the only amount you take

Some coaches like to take more players to training camps etc. so they can assess their form and fitness themselves.

 

[Damien]

Argentina provisional squad (35):

Goalkeepers (4): Franco Armani, Wilfredo Caballero, Nahuel Guzman, Sergio Romero.

Defenders (11): Marcos Acuna, Cristian Ansaldi, Federico Fazio, Ramiro Funes Mori, Javier Mascherano, Gabriel Mercado, Nicolas Otamendi, German Pezzella, Marcos Rojo, Eduardo Salvio, Nicolas Tagliafico.

Midfielders (13): Ever Banega, Rodrigo Battaglia, Lucas Biglia, Ricardo Centurion, Angel Di Maria, Manuel Lanzini, Giovani Lo Celso, Maximiliano Meza, Leandro Paredes, Cristian Pavon, Enzo Perez, Pablo Perez, Guido Pizarro.

Forwards (7): Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Mauro Icardi, Lautaro Martinez, Lionel Messi, Diego Perotti.

 

[Damien]

Mexico provisional squad (28):

Goalkeepers (3): Jesús Corona, Guillermo Ochoa, Alfredo Talavera

Defenders (9): Oswaldo Alanís, Edson Álvarez, Néstor Araujo, Hugo Ayala, Jesús Gallardo, Miguel Layún, Héctor Moreno, Diego Reyes, Carlos Salcedo

Midfielders (8): Marco Fabián, Andrés Guardado, Erick Gutiérrez, Héctor Herrera, Rafael Márquez, Jesús Molina, Giovani dos Santos, Jonathan dos Santos,

Forwards (8): Javier Aquino, Jesús Manuel Corona, Jurgen Damm, Javier Hernández, Raúl Jiménez, Hirving Lozano, Oribe Peralta, Carlos Vela

 

[Damien]

Nigeria provisional squad (30):

Goalkeepers (4): Dele Ajiboye, Daniel Akpeyi, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Francis Uzoho

Defenders (10): Olaoluwa Aina, Chidozie Awaziem, Leon Balogun, Tyronne Ebuehi, Elderson Echiejile, William Ekong, Stephen Eze, Bryan Idowu, Kenneth Omeruo, Abdullahi Shehu

Midfielders (8): Uche Agbo, Mikel Agu, Oghenekaro Etebo, Mikel John Obi, Wilfred Ndidi, Joel Obi, John Ogu, Ogenyi Onazi

Forwards (8): Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, Junior Lokosa, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Simeon Nwankwo, Moses Simon

 

[Frasbul]

Iran Provisional Squad (35):

Goalkeepers (4): Rashid Mazaheri, Amir Abedzadeh, Alireza Beiranvand, Hossein Hosseini

Defenders (13): Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Steven Beitashour, Ramin Rezaeian, Vouria Gafouri, MR Khanzadeh, Mohammad Ansari, Milad Mohammadi, Pejman Montazeri, Saeid Aghaei, Omid Nourafkan, Morteza Pouraliganji, Majid Hosseini, Rouzbeh Cheshmi

Midfielders (12): Saeid Ezzatollahi, Masoud Shojaei, Saman Ghoddos, Ashkan Dejagah, Ahmad Abdollahzadeh, Omid Ebrahimi, Mehdi Torabi, Soroush Rafiei, Ehsan Hajsafi, Ali Karimi, Ali Gholizadeh, Vahid Amiri

Forwards (6): Karim Ansarifard, Sadar Azmoun, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Mehdi Taremi, Kaveh Rezaei

 

[NYAS]

Russia provisional squad and reserve list:

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Brugge), Soslan Dzhanaev (Rubin Kazan), Andrei Lunev (Zenit St. Petersburg)

Defenders: Vladimir Granat, Ruslan Kambolov, Fedor Kudryashov (all Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Roman Neustadter (Fenerbahce), Konstantin Rausch (Dynamo Moscow), Andrei Semenov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St. Petersburg), Mario Fernandes (CSKA Moscow)

Midfielders: Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Alexander Golovin, Alan Dzagoev (both CSKA Moscow), Alexander Erokhin, Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev (all Zenit St. Petersburg), Roman Zobnin, Alexander Samedov (both Spartak Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Tashaev (Dynamo Moscow), Denis Cheryshev (Villareal)

Strikers: Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Alexei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar), Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscow)

Reserve list:

Goalkeeper: Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv)

Defenders: Vladislav Ignatyev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow)

Midfielders: Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Anton Shvets (Akhmat Grozny)

Strikers: Anton Zabolotny, Dmitry Poloz (both Zenit St. Petersburg)

Where are the Berezutski brothers and Ignashevich? Shame about Kokorin’s injury.

Argentina provisional squad (35):

Goalkeepers (4): Franco Armani, Wilfredo Caballero, Nahuel Guzman, Sergio Romero.

Defenders (11): Marcos Acuna, Cristian Ansaldi, Federico Fazio, Ramiro Funes Mori, Javier Mascherano, Gabriel Mercado, Nicolas Otamendi, German Pezzella, Marcos Rojo, Eduardo Salvio, Nicolas Tagliafico.

Midfielders (13): Ever Banega, Rodrigo Battaglia, Lucas Biglia, Ricardo Centurion, Angel Di Maria, Manuel Lanzini, Giovani Lo Celso, Maximiliano Meza, Leandro Paredes, Cristian Pavon, Enzo Perez, Pablo Perez, Guido Pizarro.

Forwards (7): Sergio Aguero, Paulo Dybala, Gonzalo Higuain, Mauro Icardi, Lautaro Martinez, Lionel Messi, Diego Perotti.

Where’s Musachio?

 

[Charles Miller]

BRAZIL FINAL SQUAD

Goakeepers: Alisson(Roma); Ederson(City); Cassio(Corinthians)

Full backs: Marcelo(Madrid); Felipe Luis(Atletico); Danilo(City; Fagner(Corinthians).

CBs: Marquinhos(PSG); Thiago Silva(PSG); Miranda(Inter); Geromel(Gremio).

Midfielders: Casemiro(Madrid); Fernandinho(City); Paulinho(Barca); Fred(Shakhtar); Renato Augusto(Beijing Guoan).

Attack: Neymar(PSG); Coutinho(Barca); Willian(Chelsea); Gabriel Jesus(City); Firmino(Liverpool); Tison(Shakhtar); Douglas Costa(Juventus).

 

[IrishRedDevil]

Sandro doesn't make the Brazil squad?

 

[vangagal]

BRAZIL FINAL SQUAD

Goakeepers: Alisson(Roma); Ederson(City); Cassio(Corinthians)

Full backs: Marcelo(Madrid); Felipe Luis(Atletico); Danilo(City; Fagner(Corinthians).

CBs: Marquinhos(PSG); Thiago Silva(PSG); Miranda(Inter); Geromel(Gremio).

Midfielders: Casemiro(Madrid); Fernandinho(City); Paulinho(Barca); Fred(Shakhtar); Renato Augusto(Beijing Guoan).

Attack: Neymar(PSG); Coutinho(Barca); Willian(Chelsea); Gabriel Jesus(City); Firmino(Liverpool); Tison(Shakhtar); Douglas Costa(Juventus).

Good and balance squad that. i dont know anyone else who might be missed out but looks of all Brazil's superstars on it

 

[vangagal]

Sandro doesn't make the Brazil squad?

I missed that one. But Luis is more dependable on defending and Marcelo is just better at attacking i think. Luis or Sandro maybe based on Tito's preference i think.

 

[Charles Miller]

Good and balance squad that. i dont know anyone else who might be missed out but looks of all Brazil's superstars on it

Some names like Tison, Renato Augusto and Fagner played under Tite at club level. They are not the best in their positions but the coach trust them. I would call Fabinho, Rafinha, Arthur and Luan(Gremio) and at least one target man like William Jose.

 

[Damien]

Croatia provisional squad (32):

Goalkeepers (4): Lovre Kalinic, Karlo Letica, Dominik Livakovic, Danijel Subasic

Defenders (12): Borna Barisic, Duje Caleta-Car, Vedran Corluka, Tin Jedvaj, Dejan Lovren, Matej Mitrovic, Zoran Nizic, Josip Pivaric, Borna Sosa, Ivan Strinic, Domagoj Vida, Sime Vrsaljko

Midfielders (8): Milan Badelj, Filip Bradaric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric, Mario Pasalic, Ivan Rakitic, Marko Rog

Forwards (8): Duje Cop, Nikola Kalinic, Andrej Kramaric, Mario Mandzukic, Ivan Perisic, Marko Pjaca, Ante Rebic, Ivan Santini

 

[Samid]

Tunisia provisional squad:
Goalkeepers: Mathlouthi Aymen (Al Batin, Saudi Arabia), Ben Cherifia Moez (ES Tunis), Ben Mustapha Farouk (Al Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Moez Hassen (LB Chateauroux, France)

Defenders: Hamdi Nagguez (Zamalek, Egypt), Dylan Bronn (Gent, Belgium), Rami Bedoui (ES Setif), Yohan Ben Olouane (Leicester City, England), Siyam Ben Youssef (Kasimpasa, Turkey), Yessine Meriah (CS Sfaxien), Bilel Mohsni (Dundee United, Scotland), Khalil Chammam (ES Tunis), Oussama Haddai (Dijon, France), Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly, Egypt);

Midfielders: Elyess Skhiri (Montpellier, France), Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (Al Ahly, Saudi Arabia), Ghaylene Chalali (ES Tunis), Karim Laaribi (Cesena, Italy), Ferjani Sassi (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia), Ahmed Khlil (Club Africain), Seifeddine Khaoui (Troyes, France), Mohamed Wael Arbi (Tours, France);

Forwards: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Al Ittifaq, Saudi Arabia), Anice Badri (ES Tunis), Bassem Srarfi (Nice, France), Ahmed Akaichi (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Wahbi Khazri (Rennes, France), Naim Sliti (Dijon, France), Sabeur Khlifa (Club Africain).

 

[Damien]

Denmark provisional squad (35):

Goalkeepers (4): Jesper Hansen, Jonas Lössl, Frederik Rønnow, Kasper Schmeichel

Defenders (11): Peter Ankersen, Andreas Bjelland, Nicolai Boilesen, Andreas Christensen, Henrik Dalsgaard, Riza Durmisi, Mathias "Zanka" Jørgensen, Simon Kjær, Jonas Knudsen, Jens Stryger Larsen, Jannik Vestergaard

Midfielders (11): Thomas Delaney, Christian Eriksen, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Mathias Jensen, Mike Jensen, Michael Krohn-Dehli, William Kvist, Lukas Lerager, Lasse Schöne, Robert Skov, Daniel Wass

Strikers (9): Nicklas Bendtner, Martin Braithwaite, Andreas Cornelius, Kasper Dolberg, Viktor Fischer, Nicolai Jørgensen, Yussuf Poulsen, Pione Sisto, Kenneth Zohore

 

[Fenomeno9]

Taison has not business there. I would of given that spot to either Willian Jose, Giuliano or Arthur but other than that no big surprises

 

[Samid]

Bendtner to be this year's Eder?

 

[Damien]

Korea Republic provisional squad (35)

Goalkeepers (4): Kim Seunggyu, Kim Jinhyeon, Cho Hyeonwoo, Gu Sungyun

Defenders (13): Kim Younggwon, Jang Hyunsoo, Jeong Seunghyeon, Yun Yeongseon, Kwon Kyungwon, Oh Bansuk, Kim Jinsu, Kim Minwoo, Park Jooho, Hong Chul, Go Yohan, Lee Yong, Choi Chulsoon

Midfielders (13): Ki Sungyueng, Jeong Wooyoung, Kwon Changhoon, Ju Sejong, Koo Jacheol, Lee Jaesung, Lee Seungwoo, Moon Sunmin, Lee Chungyong, Son Junho, Lee Myungjoo, Lee Changmin, Ji Dongwon

Forwards (5): Kim Shinwook, Son Heungmin, Hwang Heechan, Lee Keunho, Suk Hyunjun

 

[Charles Miller]

Taison has not business there. I would of given that spot to either Willian Jose, Giuliano or Arthur but other than that no big surprises

Dont know if you saw the interview but everybody was asking why Tison and Tite said he can play in the middle and in the wing if Coutinho goes to the middle..in other words: with Coutinho in the middle we can see Tison taking his place as winger, instead of Douglas Costa or Willian..

 

[saivet]

That Argentina squad looks way too top heavy. Midfield, defence and keepers look average.

With such a strong forward line I think they can mask weaknesses, but not enough to win it.

 

[do.ob]

Is that the same Geromel who was a mediocre midtable CB for Cologne? Must have improved a lot since returning to Brazil!?

 

[bebeanderson]

Tite hinted at this team

Against smaller sides/park bus

 

[Fenomeno9]

Dont know if you saw the interview but everybody was asking why Tison and Tite said he can play in the middle and in the wing if Coutinho goes to the middle..in other words: with Coutinho in the middle we can see Tison taking his place as winger, instead of Douglas Costa or Willian..

I’m almost a 100% certain Taison will see very little or zero playing time in this tournament.