The Premier League, which started the World Cup as the League with the most representatives in the tournament, continues, with only eight of the 32 teams left in contention, the great dominant of the championship. 65 out of 207 ‘surviving’ players militate in English competition clubs, more than double the number in action the league, what’s up 31 representatives It is the second most represented competition.
Portuguese does not appear among these 65 ‘English’ players cristiano ronaldo, who is no longer part of Manchester United after the end of the contract was agreed between the Old Trafford club and the footballer. Had they continued with the English team’s payroll, ManUnited would have been, with 12 players, the club with the most presence in the quarterfinals.
Now, no CR7, it’s them 11 United footballers which is still present in Qatar. Only one club has so many ‘live’ representatives and that is another team from Manchester, the citywhich has eleven soccer players in the World Cup.
This is ranking of countries and clubs present at the World Cup.
1
Premier, 65 players
The classification of the English team for the quarterfinals is the main ‘push’ for the Premier to lead the classification of competitions with the most presence: 25 of its 26 internationals are active in English clubs. In total, he kept 65 who survived the competition.
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LaLiga, 31 footballers
La Roja’s premature bye in the round of 16 reduced the number of LaLiga teams still in the World Cup to 31 players. Divided into eight teams, Atlético, Sevilla and Real Madrid each have six players, ahead of Barça (5), Betis (3), Villarreal and Osasuna (2) and Valladolid (1).
3
Italy, 23 who are not playing in the World Cup
Serie A, despite Italy’s absence in Qatar, fielded 23 players from their teams in the quarterfinals, making it the third most current competition in this round. And it puts Juve, with six players, in the ointment of the most represented.
4
21 Leagues are represented
In addition to the main European leagues (65 players are active in the Premier, 31 in LaLiga, 23 in Serie A, 19 in Ligue 1, 18 in the Bundesliga and 9 in Portugal), another 15 world leagues are represented in quarterfinals: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Arabia, Morocco, Mexico, Netherlands, Qatar, Russia, Scotland, Turkey and United States.
5
Manchester dominated the World Cup
The two great clubs from Manchester (United and City) contribute 11 players each to the eight remaining teams in the quarterfinals. They are the clear dominators of the ranking, ahead of PSG (8), Ajax and Bayern (7) and Arsenal, Atlético, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Sevilla and Tottenham, with six each.
6
Barça remain in five
The Blaugrana team, whose 17 players broke the all-time record for players from the same club at a World Cup, saw its representative list reduced to just five players: Memphis and Frenkie de Jong (Netherlands), Koundé and Dembélé (France) and Raphinha (Brazil).
Source: La Verdad
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