Our Fantasy writer looks back on all the action from Russia and picks out the 11 best individual performers from England, Belgium, Colombia, etc
The World Cup group stages have come to a close and now we can collectively catch our breath. While there were plenty of surprising results throughout, most of the teams that were expected to go through have, with the obvious exception of Germany. Sweden and Russia both performed better than many anticipated and, understandably, both nations are represented in our, for lack of a better phrase, Team of the Group Stage.
In fact, every player that made our list this week represents a nation that advanced.