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Japan: World Cup 2018 squad

Rostick Jun. 1, 2018 0 186

Japan is in Group H alongside Colombia, Poland and Senegal.

Just hours ago, head coach Akira Nishino has released the official 23 man Japan squad which will travel to Russia for the 2018 World Cup.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Eiji Kawashima Keeper 35 83 0 Metz ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Masaaki Higashiguchi Keeper 32 4 0 Gamba Osaka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Kosuke Nakamura Keeper 23 3 0 Kashiwa Reysol ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Gotoku Sakai Right back 27 39 0 Hamburg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Hiroki Sakai Right back 28 41 0 Olympique Marseille ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Wataru Endo Centre back 25 11 0 Urawa Red Diamonds ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Tomoaki Makino Centre back 31 31 4 Urawa Red Diamonds ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Maya Yoshida Centre back 29 81 10 Southampton ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Gen Shoji Centre back 25 11 1 Kashima Antlers ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Naomichi Ueda Centre back 23 3 0 Kashima Antlers ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Yuto Nagatomo Left back 31 104 3 Galatasaray ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Hotaru Yamaguchi Midfielder 27 41 2 Cerezo Osaka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Makoto Hasebe (c) Midfielder 34 109 2 Eintracht Frankfurt ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Ryota Oshima Midfielder 25 4 0 Kawasaki Frontale ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Gaku Shibasaki Midfielder 26 16 3 Getafe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Keisuke Honda Midfielder 31 94 36 Pachuca ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Genki Haraguchi Midfielder 27 31 6 Fortuna Dusseldorf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Takashi Usami Midfielder 26 22 3 Fortuna Dusseldorf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Shinji Kagawa Midfielder 29 90 29 Borussia Dortmund ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Takashi Inui Midfielder 29 25 2 Eibar ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Yuya Osako Forward 28 27 7 Werder Bremen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Shinji Okazaki Forward 32 112 50 Leicester City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Yoshinori Muto Forward 25 22 2 Mainz 05 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

 
Potential Japan starting XI (4-3-3):

Kawashima โ€“ H. Sakai, Makino, Yoshida, Nagatomo โ€“ Haraguchi, Hasebe, Yamaguchi โ€“ Kagawa, Osako, Okazaki

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

May 2018 Rostick editor stats

Rostick Jun. 1, 2018 0 177

Here are my bet by bet statistics for May. I tried to make up for the bad start, but couldn`t quite do it in the end. Fortunately my poor form seems to be over, which should mean a good June if my history is any indication. Click on the image to see it at full resolution in a new window.

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Spain: World Cup 2018 squad

Rostick May. 29, 2018 0 208

Spain is in Group B alongside Portugal, Morocco and Iran.

Head coach Julien Lopetegui has selected the following 23 players to take part in the World Cup:

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
David De Gea Keeper 27 27 0 Manchester United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Pepe Reina Keeper 35 36 0 Napoli ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Kepa Arrizabalaga Keeper 23 1 0 Athletic Bilbao ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Alvaro Odriozola Right back 22 2 0 Real Sociedad ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Dani Carvajal Right back 26 15 0 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Nacho Centre back 28 15 0 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Sergio Ramos (c) Centre back 32 151 13 Real Madrid๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Gerard Pique Centre back 31 96 5 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Cesar Azpilicueta Centre back 28 21 0 Chelsea ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jordi Alba Left back 29 60 8 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Nacho Monreal Left back 32 21 1 Arsenal ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sergio Busquets Midfielder 29 102 2 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Koke Midfielder 26 38 0 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Saul Niguez Midfielder 23 9 0 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Thiago Alcantara Midfielder 27 27 2 Bayern Munich ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Andres Iniesta Midfielder 34 125 14 Vissel Kobe ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Isco Midfielder 26 27 10 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
David Silva Midfielder 32 119 35 Manchester City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Marco Asensio Forward 22 10 0 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Lucas Vazquez Forward 26 5 0 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Iago Aspas Forward 30 8 4 Celta Vigo ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Rodrigo Moreno Forward 27 4 2 Valencia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Diego Costa Forward 29 18 7 Atletico Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 
Potential Spain starting XI (4-3-3):

De Gea โ€“ Carvajal, Ramos, Pique, Alba โ€“ Koke, Busquets, Iniesta โ€“ Asensio, Diego Costa, Isco

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

Morocco: World Cup 2018 squad

Rostick May. 29, 2018 0 238

Morocco is in Group B alongside Spain, Portugal and Iran.

French head coach Herve Renard has selected the following 23 players to be part of Morocco’s official 2018 World Cup team:

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Munir Mohamedi Keeper 29 25 0 Numancia ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Yassine Bounou Keeper 27 10 0 Girona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti Keeper 22 2 0 Ittihad Tanger ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Achraf Hakimi Right back 19 7 1 Real Madrid ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Nabil Dirar Right back 32 34 3 Fenerbahce ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Manuel da Costa Centre back 32 25 1 Istanbul BB ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Romain Saiss Centre back 28 21 1 Wolverhampton ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Mehdi Benatia (c) Centre back 31 54 2 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Badr Banoun Centre back 24 9 1 Raja Casablanca ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Hamza Mendyl Left back 20 11 0 Lille ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Karim El Ahmadi Midfielder 33 48 1 Feyenoord ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Sofyan Amrabat Midfielder 21 4 0 Feyenoord ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Youssef Ait Bennasser Midfielder 21 11 0 Caen ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez Midfielder 28 19 1 Standard Liege ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Faycal Fajr Midfielder 29 21 2 Getafe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Hakim Ziyech Midfielder 25 15 8 Ajax ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Amine Harit Midfielder 20 3 0 Schalke 04 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Mbark Boussoufa Midfielder 33 56 7 Al-Jazira ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช
Younes Belhanda Midfielder 28 44 3 Galatasaray ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Nordin Amrabat Forward 31 41 4 Leganes ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Khalid Boutaib Forward 31 15 7 Malatyaspor ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Aziz Bouhaddouz Forward 31 13 3 St. Pauli ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Ayoub El Kaabi Forward 24 8 10 RS Berkane ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 
Potential Morocco starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Munir โ€“ Dirar, Benatia, Saรฏss, Hakimi โ€“ Ahmadi, Boussoufa โ€“ Belhanda, Ziyech, Amarabat โ€“ Boutaib

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

Argentina: World Cup 2018 squad

Rostick May. 29, 2018 0 204

Argentina is in Group D alongside Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria.

Head coach Jorge Sampaoli has anounced the 23 players on his official World Cup squad on May 21st, with Nahuel Guzman taking the place of injured Sergio Romero on May 23rd.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Nahuel Guzman Keeper 32 6 0 UANL ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Willy Caballero Keeper 36 2 0 Chelsea ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Franco Armani Keeper 31 0 0 River Plate ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Gabriel Mercado Right back 31 20 3 Sevilla ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Federico Fazio Centre back 31 8 1 AS Roma ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Nicolas Otamendi Centre back 30 53 4 Manchester City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Marcos Rojo Centre back 28 55 2 Manchester United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Nicolas Tagliafico Left back 25 3 0 Ajax ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Cristian Ansaldi Left back 31 5 0 Torino ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Marcos Acuna Left back 26 9 0 Sporting Lisbon ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Lucas Biglia Midfielder 32 57 1 AC Milan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Javier Mascherano Midfielder 33 142 3 Hebei China Fortune ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Ever Banega Midfielder 29 61 6 Sevilla ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Giovani Lo Celso Midfielder 22 4 0 PSG ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Maximiliano Meza Midfielder 26 1 0 Independiente ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Eduardo Salvio Midfielder 27 8 0 Benfica ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Manuel Lanzini Midfielder 25 3 1 West Ham United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Angel Di Maria Forward 30 93 19 PSG ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Cristian Pavon Forward 22 4 0 Boca Juniors ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
Sergio Aguero Forward 29 84 36 Manchester City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Lionel Messi (c) Forward 30 123 61 FC Barcelona ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Gonzalo Higuain Forward 30 70 31 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Paolo Dybala Forward 24 12 0 Juventus ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

 
Potential Argentina starting XI (3-4-3):

Caballero โ€“ Mercado, Otamendi, Rojo โ€“ Salvio, Biglia, Mascherano, Acuna โ€“ Messi, Higuain, Di Maria

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.
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