FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 – PLAYERS TO WATCH (SUPERSTARS/YOUNGSTERS)
Every 4 years the FIFA World Cup brings us the best players and young players on show. Some of them shine bright under the bright lights, some disappear. In this article I will do short previews about the best players at the world cup, and also talk about the youngsters that we should watch out for that could set the stage on fire. Here’s the list of players to watch out for below.
Lionel Messi – I think it’s fair to begin with the top 2 player in the world alongside Ronaldo. Lionel Messi is looking to cement his legacy as the greatest player ever by taking Argentina to the world cup success. Messi hasn’t really had a great career at the world cups before even in 2014 when Argentina made the final, he didn’t really do much in the knockouts and disappeared in the final and I know for sure that there’s nothing more that Messi wants other than redemption. Messi is an all time top scorer for Argentina with 64 and has absolutely carried them during the qualifiers to put them in this world cup. Messi has not won an international competition yet, but there’s always a first time. I think we may be in for one of the greatest single world cup performances of all time by Messi this year.
Cristiano Ronaldo – The greatest Portuguese player, the most capped, the top goal scorer and most likely his final world cup while still in his prime. Cristiano Ronaldo is an absolute football legend, his number of accomplishments are unbelievable, but there’s one thing that he still need to achieve and that’s to win the world cup. Ronaldo has been just like Messi at the world cups, he’s underperformed for some weird reason, however when it comes to Ronaldo we can forget all that because he’s the type of player that can go into the world cup and completely go off. Ronaldo is a top 2 player in the world I mean that alone is enough reason for people to watch out for him. Ronaldo will be coming into this world cup looking to lead Portugal into achieving something they’ve never done before which is to win the world cup and after taking Real Madrid to another UCL title, you wouldn’t bet against him to dominate the world cup? Ronaldo is definitely a player we can all get excited about.
Eden Hazard – Now let’s move on from Messi and Ronaldo. Eden Hazard is going to be a player we can all get excited about. The Belgian is one of the best players and on his day you could argue he’s the 3rd best in the world. Eden has been great for Belgium over the years, really ever since that world cup in 2014 where he didn’t shine, he bounced back with a top class Euros in 2016 and consistent great performances for Belgium in the qualifiers scoring goals and getting assists. Eden is a great big game player as we’ve seen in the Premier League and he’ll be looking to carry Belgium to the promised land. Eden is one of the best dribblers of the ball and on his day one of the most exciting players to watch. Definitely gotta tune in to watch him whenever Belgium are one. A serial winner with Chelsea looking to add more awards to his career. Can’t wait to watch the mighty Belgian.
Neymar JR – 4 Years ago as a 22 year old, Neymar took Brazil to the semi finals at their home world cup, dealing with pressure without any problem until he got the tournament ending injury which killed Brazil’s chances to win the world cup. Neymar is easily a top 5 player in the world and the skilful Brazilian is one of the most exciting players to watch. Neymar was in danger of missing the world cup this year, but made it in time and looked great in the preparation games, the guy will be fully motivated to bounce back from what happened in 2014 and the end of the season with PSG. A fired up Neymar is going to be a scary sight for opposing defenders, I’m honestly expecting him to be the player of the tournament and to take Brazil all the way. Neymar is already a top 4 all time scorer for Brazil at his young age of 26. Unbelievable talent, can make you fall in love with football for sure.
Kylian Mbappe – the youthful 19 year old first burst on the scene with Monaco in the 2016-17 season scoring goals for fun helping them win the French league and taking them to the champions league semis. Then he moved to PSG for an incredible 160 million and continued to show his greatness at an incredible young age. A future worlds best for sure, but he’s already one of the best players in the world. A quick, skilful exciting Frenchman will be on many people’s radars during this world cup and this will be his first major international tournament. Kylian has shown that he can deal with pressure on club level so it shouldn’t be anything new to him. I believe Kylian will continue to gain fans during this world cup and many more casual type fans will get to see how great this youngster is. I honestly cannot wait to watch this guy play because he has so many exciting aspects of his game. A 19 year old taking his country to the world cup title would be an incredible story wouldn’t it?
Mohammed Salah – Salah has always been a good player, but this season he really elevated his game like crazy. Salah is coming off of a season what we could call one of the greatest seasons in football history by a single player and crazily he didn’t win any trophies for his club. Salah broke the Premier League record for goals in a season with 32, he took Liverpool to the UCL Final where he had a heart breaking injury and Liverpool followed up with a loss. Salah’s Egypt had one of the most dramatic qualifying campaign ends when Salah scored a 95th minute penalty to take them through. The whole of Egypt will be hoping that their hero Salah will do something incredible and take them as far as possible. After seeing the things he’s done with Liverpool this season, surely everyone gotta be looking forward to see what Salah can do with his nation at the world cup. It’s been said that Salah should return from injury once the world cup stars and hopefully we get to see him at his absolute best carrying the nation of Egypt.
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