2022 World Cup team of the tournament: Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham make our best XI
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Olivier Giroud or Julian Alvarez? Raphael Varane or Harry Maguire? Are there any good left backs?
It's almost over. A month of football has delivered thrills and drama aplenty with some of the world's greatest stars delivering on the biggest stage. But who makes our team of the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Lionel Messi 570 27 5 1.86 1.57 7.83 Kylian Mbappe 477 25 5 3.75 3.61 4.83 Neymar 281 12 2 2.09 1.98 3.48 Olivier Giroud 382 16 4 2.62 2.19 2.85 Julian Alvarez 364 10 4 1.97 1.94 2.1 Richarlison 326 8 3 1.36 1.24 2.65
Before we dive into the weeds, two notes before we go any further. To be considered eligible for selection, a player must have played for 180 minutes and we will be setting up this side in something between a 4-2-3-1 and a 4-3-3 in honor of France and Argentina, the two finalists. The XI will also need a coach, but that doesn't exactly take much puzzling out does it? Of course it's Walid Regragui of Morocco.
