Supernovas And Surprising Stars Who Might Decide The World Cup Quarterfinals

The 2022 World Cup quarterfinals kick off on Friday. Brazil is favored to win the whole tournament. Portugal, England, Argentina, and France have roughly the same odds of lifting the trophy. The players who have performed well in the World cup are compared to those who performed poorly in their domestic seasons.

Lionel Messi is playing in the World Cup in Qatar. Messi has played 558 professional games at the club level and 169 at international level. This is Messi's last chance to win a World cup. He doesn't need to do that, but a win would solidify his status as the GOAT.

Kylian Mbappé is the current leader in the Golden Boot race and the favorite to win the World Cup Golden Ball. He has been exceptional in Ligue 1 this season and has scored 12 goals in 14 games. Mbabé has taken the most shots, created the best shots and created most goalscoring actions.

Mbappé has been impressive at the World Cup in Qatar. France might become the first team to repeat at a World cup since Brazil in 1962.

Richarlison has not scored a Premier League goal in the 2022-23 season. He has played 10 times for Tottenham Hotspur and started five of those games. Richarlisons has been one of the best players at the World Cup. Brazil is the favorite to win the tournament. He scored in their opening match against Serbia and against South Korea. They are now in a quarterfinal against Germany.

Marcus Rashford has had a difficult season at Manchester United. He scored just four goals and made two assists last season. This season he's already scored as many goals as he did last year and started all but one game. Rashfied is currently the second most influential player in the Premier League behind Kylian Mbappé. The forward is also the most important player for England at the World Cup. He trails only Mbapé in race for the Golden Boot.