LaLiga commands Qatar’s ‘semis’

With 22 players representing eight of their clubs, the Spanish League exceed the premier leaguewhich was the leader in the previous round, and was compiled as the most representative national championship among the four semifinalists of Qatar World Cup.

Leaving England, Brazil and Portugal in particular, the Premier League contingent, with 62 players in the quarterfinals, melted like snow in the sun and, with 15 representatives, fell behind the Serie A players. Italian , despite the absence of the Azzurra squad in Qatar.

The Spanish League, whose team was eliminated by Morocco in the round of 16, limited the damage in the quarterfinals. They have lost only eight players and, with 22 representatives, are therefore at the top of the intermediate standings, two games from the end of the World Cup.

Thanks to the Blues and Moroccans, semifinalists, the French Ligue 1 (14 players against 18 in the quarterfinals) maintained 4th place and its slight advantage over the German Bundesliga (13 players against 17).

Just behind, the Croatian Prva HNL (6 players) and the Moroccan Botola Pro1 (3 players) benefit from the exploits of ‘Vatreni’ and ‘Atlas Lions’, who join the last four. Dinamo Zagreb (4th club with 4 players) and Wydad Casablanca (5th club with 3 players) compete with the biggest European teams.

Among the clubs, the English strongholds (Manchester City and United) fell, benefiting from Bayern Munich (6 players), closely followed by the Spanish double Atlético de Madrid-Sevilla (5 players each). No club has at least one representative from each semi-finalist country (Argentina, Croatia, France, Morocco).

RANKING OF CHAMPIONSHIPS

1. LEAGUE (ESP): 22 players (8 clubs)
2. SERIES A (ITA): 15 players (10 clubs)
PREMIER LEAGUE (ENG): 15 players (10 clubs)
4. LEAGUE 1 (FRA): 14 players (8 clubs)
5. BUNDESLIGA (ALE): 13 players (7 clubs)
6. PRVA HNL (CRO): 6 players (3 clubs)
7. BOTTLE PRO1 (MAR): 3 players (1 club)
8. PORTUGAL LEAGUE(BY): 2 players (1 club)
SCOTTISH Premiership (SCO): 2 players (2 clubs)
JUPILER Pro League (BEL): 2 players (2 clubs)
D1 RSL (KSA): 2 players (2 clubs)

RANKING OF CLUBS

1. BAYERN (ALE), 6 players: Pavard, Upamecano, Coman, L. Hernandez (FRA), Stanisic (CRO), Mazraoui (MAR)
2. AND. MADRID (ESP), 5 players: Griezmann (FRA), Molina, De Paul, Correa (ARG), Grbic (CRO)
SEVILLE FC (ESP), 5 players: Montiel, Acuña, Gómez (ARG), Bono, En-Nesyri (MAR)
3. DYNAMO ZAGREB (CRO), 4 players: Livakovic, Sutalo, Petkovic, Orsic (CRO)
4. PSG (FRA), 3 players: Messi (ARG), Mbappé (FRA), Hakimi (MAR)
JUVENTUS (ITA), 3 players: Rabiot (FRA), Paredes, Di Maria (ARG)
INTER (ITA), 3 players: A. Martinez, Correa (ARG), Brozovic (CRO)
TOTTENHAM (ENG), 3 players: Romero (ARG), Lloris (FRA), Perisic (CRO)
REAL MADRID (ESP), 3 players: Tchouaméni, Camavinga (FRA), Modric (CRO)
WYDAD CASABLANCA (MAR), 3 players: Tagnaouti, Attiat Allah, Jabrane (MAR)
11. MAN UNITED (ENG), 2 players: Varane (FRA), Li. Martinez (ARG)
CHELSEA (ENG), 2 players: Kovacic (CRO), Ziyech (MAR)
FC BARCELONA (ESP), 2 players: Koundé, Dembélé (FRA)
OSASUNA (ESP), 2 players: Budimir (CRO), Ezzalzouli (MAR)
BETIS (ESP), 2 players Pezzella, Rodriguez (ARG)
VILLARREAL (ESP), 2 players: Rulli, Foyth (ARG)
MARSEILLE (FRA), 2 players: Guendouzi, Veretout (FRA)
MONACO (FRA), 2 players: Disasi, Fofana (FRA)
rennes (FRA), 2 players: Mandanda (FRA), Majer (CRO)
ANGERS (FRA), 2 players: Ounahi, Boufal (MAR)
MILAN (ITA), 2 players: Giroud, T. Hernandez (FRA)
BENFICA (POR), 2 players: Otamendi, Fernández (ARG)
EINTRACHT (ALE), 2 players: Kolo Muani (FRA), Jakic (CRO)