The World Cup this year is different. Like me, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that there is a World Cup this year. Spring and summer came without a reminder and now, with Thanksgiving just a few days away, the Qatar World Cup approaches. There is a lot wrong with this World Cup- it’s being held in a tiny country that, rather than being picked for its modernity and infrastructure, had to build infrastructure from scratch to host the Games. Its cultural conservatism doesn’t bode well for an international party on the scale of the World Cup. But there is one perennial highlight of the World Cup every four years, and that is the plethora of handsome dudes competing from around the globe. I’ve done the difficult but necessary task of compiling what I consider to be the highlights of the tournament. In alphabetical order:
Argentina – Lautaro Martinez
Australia – Matthew Leckie
Belgium – Thomas Meunier
Brazil – Eder Militao
Cameroon – Karl Toko Ekambi
Canada – Steven Vitoria
Costa Rica – Kendall Waston
Croatia – Mateo Covacic
Denmark – Kasper Schmeichel
Ecuador – Moises Caicedo
England – Callum Wilson
France – Olivier Giroud
Germany – Manuel Neuer
Ghana – Osman Bukari
Iran – Shoja Khalilzadeh
Japan – Maya Yoshida
Mexico – Hector Moreno
Morocco – Zakaria Aboukhlal
Netherlands – Daley Blind
Poland – Robert Lewandowski
Portugal – Rui Patricio
Qatar – Ahmed Alaaeldin
Saudi Arabia – Nawaf Al-Abed
Senegal – Edouard Mendy
Serbia – Marko Dmitrovic
South Korea – Kim Moon Hwon
Spain – Alvaro Morata
Switzerland – Yann Sommer
Tunisia – Naim Sliti
Uruguay – Edinson Cavani
USA – Christian Pulisic
Wales – Gareth Bale
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