The World Cup group stage which has been taking place in Qatar since November 20 has come to an end and what a wild ride it has been…

This edition has been the tournament of shocks, with Morocco and Japan stealing the show, suddenly eliminating football superpowers like Germany and Belgium in the very first round.

Which players were the outstanding performers during the group stage of “Qatar 2022”? GOAL has kept notes and statistics and based on them has drawn up this top formation, which can be adapted from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1:

Wojciech Szczesny (Poland) – Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Harry Souttar (Australia), Harry Maguire (England), Theo Hernandez (France) – Casemiro (Brazil), Tyler Adams (USA), Bruno Fernandes (Portugal) – Marcus Rashford ( England), Kylian Mbappe (France), Cody Gakpo (Netherlands)