7 superstars of the world Cup in 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and other famous players who are acknowledged leaders of their national teams.

The main football trophy in the world

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On 14 June Russia started the main football tournament of a planet
— 21st world Cup FIFA (FIFA World Cup 2018). The struggle for the main
the prize of the tournament — the world Cup (the most prestigious football trophy made of gold on a malachite base, depicting two human
figures holding up the Earth — Approx. ed.) — started 32 of the strongest national teams, eager to win the highest award and for all to enter his team in football history.

The most likely contenders are Brazil (five times world Champions,
1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002), Germany (four-time and defending Champions,
1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), Argentina (twice Champions in 1978, 1986 and Vice-Champions 2014) and Spain, where a major world trophy was subjected to
yet only once, in 2010.

The top five favorites Portugal — defending champion held in 2016 European championship. Then follow the new team in France, England and one of the most titled teams of South America — Uruguay. Russian
the team confidently began the tournament with a crushing victory over Saudi Arabia
with the score 5:0 until the end of the first ten.

To the main football feast held every four years, we will introduce readers 7days.ru with the brightest stars of the world Cup 2018 — prominent players who dreams for the first time or again to lift the world Cup over his head.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)

Cristiano Ronaldo

Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS

Hard to believe that the 2018 world Cup for the fourth time in career, the 33-year-old Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. The debut of future superstar of football in Portugal took place in
back in 2003 with victory in a friendly match against the national team
Kazakhstan. Ronaldo was then 18 years old.

Since then, the striker appeared regularly in the senior national team and has gradually become not only the leader but also the main actor
in the face of any match involving Portugal. Emotions on the face of Ronaldo trying to capture all installed on the stadium video cameras, and the stadium literally “explodes” from the roar of the fans, is the only Portuguese to reach the ball.

By the way, Ronaldo is a five — time winner of the “Golden ball” (the most
prestigious individual award, which he received in 2008, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017, gg), bronze medalist of the world championship 2012 and the winner of the championship
2016 is already the best player in
the history of Portuguese football and one of the best
players of the XXI century.

However, the title of “greatest” which are football legends
last time, the Brazilian Pele and Argentinean Diego Maradona,
it lacks only the “gold” of the championship of the world. The current world Cup is perhaps the last attempt of the Portuguese to win
the world’s major trophy.

Four years later, he is “banging”
for 37 years — and that’s the ultimate age for a footballer, competing at the top level. And already
in the first match of the Portuguese shows that Cristiano best. But while
even a brilliant game Ronaldo who scored a hat-trick, helped the Portuguese to win
victory in Spain: the teams resulted in a draw 3:3.

The following matches of group B Portugal with Morocco (20.06) and Iran (25.06)