Skip to main content

Top team efforts in 2018 FIFA WC

Iceland topped Group I of the Europe qualification, beating Croatia, Ukraine and Turkey. The team has taken the footballing world by storm since Euro 2016.

Croatia is a challenger for the title, mainly due to the talent oozing in its midfield. Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Mateo Kovacic make up a brilliant midfield trio, and with Ivan Perisic and Mario Mandzukic up top and a never-say-die attitude within the team, they can give the big teams a run for their money.

Colombia had a difficult qualifying campaign as was generally for most teams in the CONMEBOL qualifiers. But the team does know how to perform well on the big stage, with a run till the Quarter-Finals in 2014 in Rio before being knocked out on penalties by the host, Brazil. The team comprises of many stars - Radamel Falcao who has started the season with a bang for AS Monaco (12 goals in 8 games), James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado, and a strong defence with Davinson Sanchez, Cristian Zapata and Yerri Mina at the back. Watch out for Colombia, they can do some damage.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

AFC Asian Cup

FORMAT 1) The 24 teams have been divided into 6 groups of four. 2) In the group stage, teams will play one another once. 3) The top 2 teams from each group and the four best third place finishers will qualify for the kncokouts. 4) The kncokouts comprises of four rounds:  a) Pre-Quarterfinals (Jan 20,21 & 22)  b) Quarterfinals (Jan 24 & 25) c) Semifinals (Jan 28 & 29) d) Final (Feb 1) GROUPS Group A - UAE, Thailand, Bharain & India Group B - Austalia, Syria, Jordan & Palestine Group C - China, South Korea, Phillippines & Krygyzstan Group D - Iran, Iraq, Yemen & Vietnam Group E - Qatar, Saudi Arabia, North Korea & Lebanon Group F - Japan, Oman, Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan

IPL Retention 2018

CSK - MSD, S.Raina, R.Jadeja MI - Rohit Sharma, J.Bumrah, H.Pandya DD - R.Pant, S.Iyer, C.Morris KXIP - A.Patel RR - S.Smith KKR - S.Narine, A.Russell RCB - V.Kohli, ABD, Sarfaraz Khan SRH - D.Warner, B.Kumar That's it from the 2018 IPL retention. Hope you all enjoyed it. We will be back with IPL updates from the auction on January 27 and 28 (Saturday & Sunday). Till then, this is Mohamed Farzan signing off from Chennai.