Our Fantasy writer pours over the stats from qualifiers and picks out the best La Liga performers from Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona
As discussed in our last article, it is easy to fall back on a players reputation or club success when trying to build your World Cup team.
While those things certainly should be considered, the most telling statistics are those that players pick up with their international teams. Now, finding stats from all of the qualifiers is a long arduous task, but we have simplified things here and picked out a La Liga based player from each position who put in the best statistical performances en route to Russia.