Russia 2018: Group of Death?

[Lazie]

Teams
ARGENTINA | ICELAND | CROATIA | NIGERIA

I get the impression when each team saw the group they were in their immediate reaction was .....

For football fans like me .... we can't wait.

[Jangle]

Rooting for Nigeria and anybody else from that group. I have no clear favourites going into the WC. I just want to see the black African teams go as far as possible. I likey Belgium and France.

[HL]

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[Lazie]

Rooting for Nigeria and anybody else from that group. I have no clear favourites going into the WC. I just want to see the black African teams go as far as possible. I likey Belgium and France.

Talking about Belgium ..... I am quite surprized that Roma's Radja Nainggolan didn't make the provisional squad. Strange enough, Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion) and Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad) made the squad ahead of him. He promptly retired from int'l football.

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Matz Sels (Newcastle United)

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), Dedryck Boyata (Celtic), Laurent Ciman (LAFC), Leander Dendoncker (Anderlecht), Christian Kabasele (Watford), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Jordan Lukaku (Lazio), Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Nacer Chadli (West Bromwich Albion), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham Hotspur), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian)

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United), Dries Mertens (Napoli)