Prelude to the Russian World Cup 2018 (Group A and B)

Soccer is a beautiful sport that will be enjoyed in all parts of the world. And why not? We must also find it in Steemit.

I will be presenting interesting data of the 32 selections that have qualified to the contest. Below I show details of the first 2 groups of the contest. I hope you like it and that we can share good comments.

Defenses: Roman Shishkin(Krasnodar), Viktor Vasin (CSKA Moscu), Georgy Dzhikia and Ilya Kutepov (Spartak de Moscú), Fedor Kudryashov (Terek Grozny), Ruslan Kambolov (Rubin Kazán ).

Midfielders: Igor Smolnikov, Alexander Yerokhin and Yury Zhirkov (Zenit), Yury Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov, Alexander Samedov and Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak de Moscú), Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscu), Alexei Miranchuk y Dmitry Tarasov (Lokomotiv Moscú).

Strikers: Dmitry Poloz y Alexander Bukharov (Zenit), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar ), Maxim Kanunnikov (SKA-Jabarovsk).

Goalkeepers:Martín Silva (Vasco Da Gama), Martín Campaña (Independiente)

Defenses: Maximiliano Pereira (Oporto F.C.), Diego Godín (Atletico de Madrid), Guillermo Varela (Atletico Peñarol), Gastón Silva (Independiente), José María Giménez (Atletico de Madrid) and Mauricio Lemos (Las Palmas).

Midfielders:Álvaro González (Club Nacional de Football), Carlos Sánchez (Espanyol), Cristian Rodríguez (Atletico Peñarol), Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders FC), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey), Matías Vecino (Internazionale), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Gastón Pereiro (PSV Eindhoven), Nahitán Nández (Nahitán Nández), Rodrigo Betancur (Juventus), Federico Valverde (Deportivo de La Coruña).

Strikers:Cristhian Stuani (Girona), Edinson Cavani ( París Saint-Germain), Maximilano Gómez (Celta de Vigo) and Luis Suarez (Barcelona FC).

Goalkeepers:Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Mohammadreza Akhbari (Tractor Sazi) y Mohammad Mazaheri (Zob Ahan).Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Mohammadreza Akhbari (Tractor Sazi) and Mohammad Mazaheri (Zob Ahan).

Defenses:Jalal Hosseini, Mohammad Ansari and Ramin Rezaeian (Persepolis), Milad Mohammadi (Terek Grozni), Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal), Morteza Pouraliganji (Al Sadd), Ezzatollah Pourghaz (Saipa) and Pejman Montazeri (Al Ahli)

Midfielders:Vahid Amiri (Persepolis), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan Hajsafi (Sepahan), Saeiz Ezatolahi (Anzhi), Masoud Shojaei (Panionios), Ali Karimi (Lokomotiva) and Alireza Jahanbakhsk (AZ).

Strikers:Karim Ansarifard (Olympiakos), Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis), Sasan Ansari (Foolad), Reza Goochannejhad (Heerenveen) and Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kasan).

Goalkeepers:Bono (Girona), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger), Munir (Numancia)

Defenses:Mehdi Benatia (Juventus), Badr Benoun (Raja Casablanca), Mohammed Nahiri (Wydad), Manuel da Costa (Basaksehir), Hamza Mendyl (Lille), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid), Oualid El Hajjam (Amiens).

Midfielder:Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton), Salaheddine Saidi (Wydad), Sofyan Amrabat and Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord), Youssef Aït Bennasser (Caen), Yassin Ayoub y Zakaria Labyad (Utrecht), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce), Amine Harit (Schalke 04), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax), Sofiane Boufal (Southampton), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray), (Utrecht), Faycal Fajr (Getafe) and Moubarak Boussoufa (Al-Jazira).

Strikers:Nordin Amrabat (Leganés), Walid Azarou (Ahly Cairo), Khalid Boutaib (Yeni Malatyaspor), Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance de Berkane), Yacine Bammou (Nantes) and Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli)

Goalkeepers:Rui Patricio (Sporting de Lisboa), Beto (Göztepe SK) and Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyon).

Defenses:Nélson Semedo (Barcelona FC), Cedric Soares (Southampton ), Pepe (Beşiktaş JK), Eliseu (SL Benfica), Bruno Alves (Rangers FC), José Fonte (Dalian Yifang), Antunes (Getafe) and Luis Neto (Fenerbahçe SK).

Midfielders:Danilo Pereira (Oporto), William Carvalho and Bruno Fernandes (Sporting de Lisboa), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Joao Mario (West Ham United), André Gomes (Barcelona FC), Renato Sanches (Swansea City).

Strikers:Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Ricardo Quaresma (Beşiktaş J. K), Gelson Martins (Sporting de Lisboa), André Silva (Milán), Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City ) and Eder (FC Lokomotiv Moscú)

Porteros:De Gea (Manchester United), Pepe Reina (S. S. C. Napoli) and Kepa (Athletic Club).

Defenses:Carvajal, Sergio Ramos and Nacho (Real Madrid), Piqué and Jordi Alba (Barcelona FC), Azpilicueta (Chelsea).

Midfielders:Busquets and Iniesta (Barcelona FC), Koke, Vitolo and Saúl (Atlético de Madrid), Thiago (Bayern de Múnich), Isco and Asensio (Real Madrid), Silva (Manchester City) and Illarramendi (Real Sociedad).

Strikers:Álvaro Morata (Chelsea), Diego Costa (Atlético de Madrid), Aspas (Celta de Vigo), Aduriz (Athletic Club)