Group F Fixtures, Squads, Standings And Full Particulars

FIFA World Cup 2018’s runners-up Croatia have been drawn into Group F at this yr’s version, alongside Belgium, Canada and Morocco. The Croats, led by their mercurial captain Luka Modric made historical past final trip by reaching their first ever World Cup remaining, solely to fall in opposition to France. Nonetheless, a well-oiled machine run by their coach Zlatko Dalic, Croatia shall be hoping to emulate their success from 2018 in Qatar this yr.

Then again, Belgium, led by their ‘Golden Era’ of Thibaut Courtois, Kevin de Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, Youri Tielemans, Yannick Carrasco are but to reside as much as that label. The Purple Devils haven’t featured on the remaining of a serious event regardless of boasting humungous expertise within the squad, and the upcoming FIFA World Cup would possibly simply be their final likelihood at glory with it.

Canada are returning to the world stage after a niche of 36 years, as they final performed at a World Cup finals in 1986. Their new technology, led by the pacey Alphonso Davies have now lastly returned to the fold, and can like to make it by means of to the knockouts by downing any of the three giants of their group. Nonetheless, this World Cup is an opportunity for Canada to realize some floor on the misplaced 36 years, and construct a basis for 2026, the place they are going to be co-hosting the FIFA World Cup with the USA and Mexico.

Morocco shall be glad to make back-to-back appearances at a FIFA World Cup for the primary time since 1994 and ’98 tournaments. They too bear some thrilling names of their group, with PSG’s Achraf Hakimi and Chelsea’s Hakim Ziyech essentially the most glittering ones. Group F shall be a stiff check for the Moroccans alongside two European powerhouses and a rejuvenated Canada.

FIFA World Cup Group F: Desk

Group F: Fixtures

Key Fixtures

The Belgium vs Croatia showdown headlines the important thing fixture standards of this Group F, the place a great midfield battle might be on present. Belgium’s likes of De Bruyne, Tielemans, Witsel up in opposition to Croatia’s Modric, Brozovic, Kovacic will definitely be a fierce contest. Canada’s video games in opposition to Belgium and Croatia will equally be fascinating as they might have an enormous say in who emerges as group winner.

Group F squads

The entire Group F contestants are but to launch their remaining squads, however a pool of huge names are anticipated to grace this lot, with Eden Hazard, Kevin de Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Alex Witsel, Yannick Carrasco, Alphonso Davies, Luka Modric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Achraf Hakimi, Hakim Ziyech, Noussair Mazraoui all set to function.