🥅 Team Penalty Takers

Group A

🇲🇽 Mexico - Brian Gutierrez, Alexis Vega, Efrain Alvarez

🇿🇦 South Africa - Teboho Mokoena, Aubrey Modiba, Khuliso Mudua

🇰🇷 South Korea - Son Heung-Min, Lee Kang-In

🇨🇿 Czech Republic - Vladimir Coufal, David Jurasek, Lukas Cerv

Group B

🇨🇦 Canada - Mathieu Choiniere, Ismael Kone

🇶🇦 Qatar - Akram Afif, Edmilson Junior

🇨🇭 Switzerland - Ruben Vargas, Granit Xhaka, Michel Aebischer, Miro Muheim, Eray Comert

🇧🇦 Bosnia-Herzegovina - Ivan Basic, Haris Hajradinovic

Group C

🇧🇷 Brazil - Raphinha, Leo Pereira, Vinicius Junior, Matheus Cunha, Lucas Paqueta

🇲🇦 Morocco - Achraf Hakimi, Abde Ezzalzouli, Brahim Diaz, Eliesse Ben Seghir

🇭🇹 Haiti - Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Leverton Pierre

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - John McGinn, Scott McTominay, Andrew Robertson, Ryan Christie

Group D

🇺🇸 USA - Christian Pulisic, Brenden Aaronson, Giovanni Reyna

🇵🇾 Paraguay - Julio Enciso, Miguel Almiron, Ramón Sosa

🇦🇺 Australia - Alex Robertson, Nestory Irankunda, Riley McGree, Ajdin Hrustic

🇹🇷 Turkey - Hakan Calhanoglu, Arda Guler, Orkun Kokcu

Group E

🇩🇪 Germany - Joshua Kimmich, David Raum, Angelo Stiller, Nadiem Amiri

🇨🇼 Curacao - Leandro Bacuna, Juninho Bacuna, Brandley Kuwas, Jurgen Locadia

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast - Amad Diallo, Franck Kessie, Simon Adingra, Nicolas Pepe

🇪🇨 Ecuador - Jordy Alcívar, Kendry Páez, Pervis Estupiñán

Group F

🇳🇱 Netherlands - Memphis Depay, Teun Koopmeiners, Tijjani Reijnders, Quentin Timber, Tees Smit

🇯🇵 Japan - Takefusa Kubo, Junya Ito, Ritsu Doan, Yukinari Sugawara

🇹🇳 Tunisia - Hannibal Mejbri, Ali Abdi, Ismael Gharbi, Elias Saad

🇸🇪 Sweden - Ken Sema, Yasin Ayari, Benjamin Nygren

Group G

🇧🇪 Belgium - Kevin De Bruyne, Zeno Debast, Maxim De Cuyper

🇪🇬 Egypt - Mo Salah, Omar Marmoush

🇮🇷 Iran - Saman Ghoddos, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Omid Noorafkan

🇳🇿 New Zealand - Tim Payne, Jesse Randall, Elijah Just

Group H

🇪🇸 Spain - Lamine Yamal, Alex Baena, Alejandro Grimaldo, Dani Olmo

🇨🇻 Cape Verde - João Paulo, Laros Duarte, Jamiro Montero, Jovane Cabral

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Salem Al-Dawsari, Saud Abdulhamid, Aiman Yahya

🇺🇾 Uruguay - Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Federico Valverde, Joaquín Piquerez

Group I

🇫🇷 France - Michael Olise, Rayan Cherki, Desire Doue, Kylian Mbappe

🇸🇳 Senegal - Ismail Jakobs, El Hadji Malick Diouf, Lamine Camara

🇳🇴 Norway - Martin Odegaard, Julian Ryerson, Patrick Berg, Andreas Schjelderup

🇮🇶 Iraq - Amir Al-Ammari, Ali Jasim, Hasan Abdulkareem

Group J

🇦🇷 Argentina - Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez, Nico Paz, Thiago Almada

🇩🇿 Algeria - Riyad Mahrez, Houssem Aouar, Fares Chaibi

🇦🇹 Austria - Marcel Sabitzer, David Alaba, Nicolas Siewald

🇯🇴 Jordan - Mousa Tamari, Mahmoud Al Mardi, Ahmed Ersan

Group K

🇵🇹 Portugal - Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo, Vitinha, Ruben Neves

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Otabek Shukurov, Jamshid Iskandarov, Jaloliddin Masharipov

🇨🇴 Colombia - James Rodríguez, Jhon Arias, Richard Ríos, Luis Suárez

🇨🇩 DR Congo - Arthur Masuaku, Cedric Bakambu, Yoane Wissa, Gael Kakuta

Group L

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka

🇭🇷 Croatia - Ivan Perišić, Luka Modrić, Ante Budimir, Lovro Majer

🇬🇭 Ghana - Mohammed Kudus, Jordan Ayew, Abdul Fatawu, Antoine Semenyo

🇵🇦 Panama - Eric Davis, Ismael Diaz, Amir Murillo, Jose Luis Rodriguez

⛳ Team Free Kick Takers

Group A

🇲🇽 Mexico - Raúl Jiménez

🇿🇦 South Africa - Oswin Appollis, Lyle Foster

🇰🇷 South Korea - Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-Chan

🇨🇿 Czech Republic - Tomas Soucek, Patrik Schick

Group B

🇨🇦 Canada - Jonathan David

🇶🇦 Qatar - Akram Afif, Almoez Ali

🇨🇭 Switzerland - Granit Xhaka, Breel Embolo

🇧🇦 Bosnia-Herzegovina - Ermedin Demirovic, Haris Tabakovic

Group C

🇧🇷 Brazil - Raphinha, Igor Thiago, Vinicius Junior

🇲🇦 Morocco - Brahim Diaz, Ayoub El Kaabi, Neil El Aynaoui

🇭🇹 Haiti - Duckens Nazon, Wilson Isidor, Mondy Prunier

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - Scott McTominay, John McGinn

Group D

🇺🇸 USA - Christian Pulisic, Malik Tillman

🇵🇾 Paraguay - Julio Enciso, Miguel Almiron

🇦🇺 Australia - Martin Boyle, Ajdin Hrustic, Nestory Irankunda

🇹🇷 Turkey - Hakan Calhanoglu, Arda Guler, Kerem Akturkoglu

Group E

🇩🇪 Germany - Kai Havertz, Joshua Kimmich

🇨🇼 Curacao - Leandro Bacuna, Jordi Paulina

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast - Franck Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare

🇪🇨 Ecuador - Enner Valencia, Jordy Caicedo, Kendry Páez

Group F

🇳🇱 Netherlands - Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo, Virgil Van Dijk

🇯🇵 Japan - Ayase Ueda, Ritsu Doan

🇹🇳 Tunisia - Ali Abdi, Elias Achouri

🇸🇪 Sweden - Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak

Group G

🇧🇪 Belgium - Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku

🇪🇬 Egypt - Mo Salah, Omar Marmoush

🇮🇷 Iran - Mehdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh

🇳🇿 New Zealand - Chris Wood, Ben Waine

Group H

🇪🇸 Spain - Mikel Oyarzabal, Lamine Yamal, Rodri

🇨🇻 Cape Verde - Ryan Mendes, Garry Rodrigues

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - Salem Al-Dawsari, Firas Al Buraikan

🇺🇾 Uruguay - Federico Valverde, Darwin Nunez, Giorgian de Arrascaeta

Group I

🇫🇷 France - Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele

🇸🇳 Senegal - Sadio Mane, Nicolas Jackson

🇳🇴 Norway - Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard

🇮🇶 Iraq - Aymen Hussein, Amir Al-Ammari

Group J

🇦🇷 Argentina - Lionel Messi, Julian Alvarez

🇩🇿 Algeria - Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Amoura

🇦🇹 Austria - Marko Arnautovic, Marcel Sabitzer, Christoph Baumgartner

🇯🇴 Jordan - Ali Olwan, Mousa Tamari

Group K

🇵🇹 Portugal - Bruno Fernandes, Cristiano Ronaldo

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - Otabek Shukurov, Eldor Shomurodov

🇨🇴 Colombia - James Rodriguez, Luis Diaz

🇨🇩 DR Congo - Yoane Wissa, Cedric Bakambu

Group L

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford

🇭🇷 Croatia - Luka Modrić, Andrej Kramarić, Ivan Perišić

🇬🇭 Ghana - Jordan Ayew, Mohammed Kudus, Antoine Semenyo

🇵🇦 Panama - Ismael Diaz, Cecilio Waterman, Eric Davis

⛨ Dangerous Teams

🇪🇸 Spain

Luis De La Fuente’s Spain are excellent when it comes to dominating possession and sustaining pressure on their opponent, and so they spend most of the game in their attacking third. La Roja had an average of 6.14 corners per game at Euro 2024, and 7.17 in their World Cup qualifying campaign.

There should be plenty of opportunities for them to lump the ball into the box in this World Cup tournament, and they have dead-ball specialists like Lamine Yamal, Alex Grimaldo and Dani Olmo in their ranks to send the ball in.

🇳🇴 Norway

Norway are another side with elite set-piece takers - Martin Odegaard is the obvious shout, and the Arsenal skipper should be at full fitness by the time this World Cup rolls around.

Julian Ryerson is another player who will cause problems in the final third - he recorded 18 assists in 42 appearances across all competitions for Dortmund this season. Considering Norway have Erling Haaland to pick out, Norway look like they will pose a serious threat from set-pieces.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

Scotland are a very physical side, and they are likely to be quite reliant on dead-ball scenarios when it comes to finding the back of the net this summer. Andrew Robertson and John McGinn will be the players in charge of sending the ball into the box, and they will primarily be aiming for the head of Scott McTominay.

Scotland generally go for a target man centre forward, and it’s a toss-up between Oli McBurnie, Lyndon Dykes and George Hirst to lead the line. Regardless of who starts, it’s another physical presence to aim for.

👕 Dangerous Players

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane

Harry Kane finished the season with a hat-trick in the DFB Pokal final to secure a domestic double for Bayern, capping off an excellent season for the England captain. He scored 61 goals in 51 appearances across all competitions, and hopes to carry that form forward to the World Cup.

England have notoriously been effective from set-pieces over the years, but with no Harry Maguire in the squad, Kane looks like he will be the primary target from set-pieces.

🇳🇿 Chris Wood

34-year-old Chris Wood will be the talisman for New Zealand at the World Cup, and he is the all-time leading scorer for his national team with 45 goals. The Nottingham Forest striker has been hindered by injuries this season, but he made his return towards the end of the campaign, so he should be close to full fitness by the summer.

Wood scored a hat-trick against Fiji in a 7-0 win during the qualifiers, and all three of them were off his head. He is strong in the air and will be the main target in the box.

🇨🇿 Tomas Soucek

Tomas Soucek is another player who can be devastating from set-pieces, and two of his five goals in the Premier League this season have come from corners. Soucek has built his career around his intelligence in the box - he always seems to pop up in the right positions.

Czechia are another team who are likely to be quite reliant on crosses into the box at the World Cup, which means Soucek should have plenty of chances.

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