(ESP-ENG) Adiós a Catar con el once ideal // Goodbye to Qatar with the ideal eleven!

Hello friends, good vibes to all.

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The World Cup in Qatar is already history, very recent but history at last, so now we have to focus on the resumption of all European leagues and in a little more time in the Champions League. But this World Cup has left us many things, great goals, matches, controversies, heart-stopping moments but above all great performances by its protagonists and that is why today I come to talk and show you what for me would be the ideal team, that starting eleven that stood out the most on the field in almost a month of World Cup we had. There were players who stood out and that one could already foresee that this could happen but there were a few more who were a complete revelation something that obviously we will see in the next winter transfer market or perhaps in the next summer.

- Emiliano "Dibu" Martínez.

Let's start with the Argentinean goalkeeper and the English Aston Villa goalkeeper. A fundamental piece in the winning of the World Cup for the Albiceleste, as he was a pillar in two penalty shootouts and in a save that I can already tell you will go down in the history of this sport, just one minute before the end of the extra time in the final. I don't know if an average goalkeeper would have reacted the way Dibu did. I understand that he can't be liked because of his attitudes but his talent is undeniable, he is one of the best goalkeepers I've seen lately, in fact one of the most memorable ones is the one he made against Yerry Mina in the Copa America. I was thinking about Livakovic who also had a great World Cup but just for what he did in the final I think the spot goes to Martinez.

- Achraf Hakimi

I would like to say that the Moroccan player belonging to PSG was a surprise but it was not so since one has been seeing him almost weekly in the Champions League and in one or another match of the French league but what he did with his national team throughout this World Cup was crazy. Morocco's right flank was always shielded with Hakimi and later with Ziyech, when they decided to attack they generally did it on that side and almost always generated the danger they were looking for. But when it was time to defend, which was almost the whole match, we always saw him stuck in that impenetrable line of four that caused many headaches to their opponents. The best right back of the World Cup was a Moroccan, who would have thought. I am not surprised but I am glad because he is a great player.

- Nicolás Otamendi

To think that Otamendi, a 34-year-old central defender is considered one of the best in Qatar is crazy and even crazier if we think that he belongs to a generation to which many stones were thrown and in the end some of them were proclaimed champions. The fact is that Nicolas' present is neither surprising nor casual, since the level he is displaying in Benfica is great, it is in the Portuguese team where he had his rebirth as a player after having been in Valencia and Manchester City. His World Cup was solid, when it was Argentina's turn to defend he was there with Cuti Romero as a wall, it is true that in the final he had a slip causing a silly and unnecessary penalty but I think that does not detract from the great tournament he had with the national team.

- Joško Gvardiol

Here we are facing the first surprise for me. Croatian player and that belongs to Leipzig of the Bundesliga is one very similar to Otamendi in the sense that his present is very top and regular, his team are in the round of 16 of the Champions League and third in the German league. With Croatia he was a titan along with Lovren and Sosa throughout this world cup. Unfortunately he became famous for the play against Messi where he is in evidence but against Lionel there is little or nothing you can do, either he or any other player is prone to be a victim of the skills of the Argentine 10. Anyway, a very good central defender.

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- Theo Hernández.

The left back who came in due to his brother's injury and ended up being one of France's most regular players in the World Cup. A France that was plagued by injuries and despite that they managed to find the right substitutes, Theo, Rabiot and Giroud himself were key players in the performance of the French. With Hernandez something similar to Otamendi happened, he didn't have a very good final, I saw him quite weak on his flank but it doesn't take away all the work he did. With him I finish the defensive saga, four great players that for me were the best in their positions.

- Luka Modrić // Sofyan Amrabat // Antoine Griezmann

As you can see, my eleven is based on a 4-3-3, so the three central midfielders are these beasts. We are tired of talking about Modric, he was the driving force of Croatia and the player who led the national team with his 37 years of age. Tireless and always with a vision of the game like no one else today, he led his country to a third place finish and came within a whisker of a second consecutive final. Another of the big surprises was the Moroccan Amrabat, unknown to many and I include myself and who belongs to Fiorentina was one of the most important revelations that left us Qatar, a midfielder of mark and recovery I think as few we saw but is also able to go out playing without any problem. A lot of sacrifice and vision for a player who is already in Liverpool's orbit at the express request of Klopp.

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And lastly we have Griezmann, a player that it became clear to me with this World Cup that he is currently more of a national team player than a club player because with France he was a real star. Impressive capacity of delivery that was seen in almost every game, many times we saw him in the central saga defending and within seconds he could be generating a dangerous opportunity with Mbappé and company something that we do not see him do in Atletico Madrid for example. I was surprised because for the same reason that his current situation in Spain is not very good, he arrived in Qatar and dazzled everyone with the quality that we know he has.

- Lionel Messi // Julián Álvarez // Kylian Mbappé

Mbappé is an apocalyptic beast of soccer, we are lucky that he is only 24 years old since he has at least 12-13 years left at a top level and that is summarized in at least 3 World Cups. With this I say that he will surely become the top scorer of the World Cups since in this one he only scored 8 goals, a real barbarity if you ask me. I already said this but losing a final having scored a hat trick seems surreal to me but even more surreal is the way Mbappé put the team on his shoulder and less than 10 minutes later he forced the extra time and then scored the equalizer for the penalties. The Kylian thing is beyond, I don't see his ceiling yet and for him to be bigger I think he has to leave PSG, he does that, and watch out.

And I am left with the Argentine duo in charge of scoring goals for their national team. "It is incredible that in Guardiola's City he is not a starter and it is understandable because you have an alien like Haaland but Julian MUST be a starter in any team, the quality that this striker has is huge and he proved it by sitting Lautaro Martinez. Goals assured, playmaking, sometimes he played as a pivot in an absolute synchronization with Messi. He was very decisive for Argentina, that's why he is in my ideal team. And well, what to say about Messi? - I dedicated a special publication to him if you want to read it, but to talk about him is to repeat many things that have been said. The thing is that he has to be there and that's it, there is no discussion worth it. Three fearsome players that made their rivals tremble and that's why they are in my ideal eleven.

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Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.

¡Hugs to all, see you next time!