The World Cup in Russia deserves to be called the World Cup of the Old Continent, as the Europeans dominated this World Cup length and breadth, and their control was not limited to occupying the first four places in the tournament, but also included individual prizes and personal distinguished numbers for the players.
And at a time when France won the second cup in its history, and Croatia came runner-up, Belgium came third, and England ranked fourth to be the golden square purely European, the Spanish national team completed a series of European teams’ superiority in the current World Cup after winning the fair play award.
The European monopoly surpassed the teams for individual titles after the European players dominated the individual awards, with England captain Harry Kane winning the title of top scorer in the tournament, while Belgium goalkeeper Courtois was crowned the Golden Glove as the best goalkeeper in the World Cup, while French player Kylian Mbappe won the award for best young player. Croatian national team captain Luka Modric was crowned the best player in the World Cup, after he won the award for best player 3 times, equal to Belgium captain Eden Hazard, who is considered the most player in the World Cup who completed correct dribbles with 40 dribbles and more than made goals by two goals.
France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is the one who kept more clean sheets in the World Cup with four matches, while Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is the most saved in the World Cup with 27 saves.
On the defensive level, the axis of the Brazilian national team, Casemiro, crowded out his European counterparts, as he is the most player in clearing balls with 17, while the axis of the Duke Kante team is the most player in intercepting balls with 20 interceptions, while the Russian national team player, Artem Dziuba, won 41 aerial struggles as the most profitable player for these conflicts. ,
French defender Raphael Varane managed to clear 44 balls as the most distracting player in the World Cup, and Spain defender Sergio Ramos surpassed the number of correct passes with (508) passes, with an accuracy of 94%.
At the level of the national teams, the Europeans swept the preference of the most passing teams, with 5 teams occupying the first positions, led by the Belgian team with (3610) passes with an accuracy of 86%, while the Spanish team excelled with the accuracy of passing by (91%).
The French national team is considered the most penalty kick team in the tournament, equal to the English national team with three penalties, and even some negative numbers are issued by the Europeans. The Belgian national team striker Romelio Lukaku is the most missed player with 6 chances.
The Brazilian national team players broke something of the Europeans' monopoly by topping the list of the most players with 26 shots on goal, and at the level of creating opportunities came the England player Kieran Trippier, who made 24 real scoring opportunities.
The European teams were also at the forefront of the colored cards. The Croatian team is considered the most yellow card holder with 15 cards in 7 matches, while 3 European teams got a red card for each one out of 4, which are Russia, Germany and Switzerland, along with Colombia.
Naeem Tamim Al-Hakim (Jeddah) @naeemtamimimalhac
