Fantasy World: top and flop of the round of 16: Ramos surprise, Kane redeems himself. Bad Sommer and… all the Kims

Round of 16 finished. There is a big surprise: the elimination of Spain at the hands of solid and organized Morocco. Then all the big ones passed. Some with fluency, others struggling a little like the vice-champions in charge of Croatia who beat the exuberant Japan, only on penalties. Let’s go and see the “tops” and “flops” of the eighths.

Top 10

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He is increasingly running for MVP of the tournament. Kylian Mbappé (score 9 – 90 credits) with a brace and an assist regulates the Poland practice making simple what is not simple. The French ace, however, has to share the cover of this round with a real revelation. Surprise starter in the heart of the Lusitanian attack, Gonçalo Ramos (score 9 – 17 credits) scored a hat-trick that liquidated Switzerland. With all due respect to Cristiano Ronaldo, who remained on the bench for large stretches of the match. Goalkeepers protagonists in the round of 16. Livakovic (score 8,5 – 17) and Bono (score 8 – 12) lead Croatia and Morocco proving to be decisive both in the space of 120 minutes, but also on penalties where they reject several shots from the spot giving their national team the quarterfinals. Great performances also for Messi (score 8 – 81), Foden (score 8 – 51) and Joao Felix (score 8 – 63). The Argentine ace unlocks the delicate challenge against Australia in his thousandth professional game; the English playmaker is inspired and needs two winning assists like his Portuguese ‘colleague’: certified assistmen. Dumfries (score 8 – 25 ) and Kane (score 7.5 – 80) are redeemed, both returning from a “disappointing” group from a bonus point of view. For the Inter player who had a goal and two assists for the United States, the English striker is unlocked from a scoring point of view. Finally, mention for Otavio (score 7,5 – 12), flexible footballer from Portugal who was also one of the protagonists of the red-green goal against Switzerland with a generous performance across the board.

Flop 10

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Bad performances for South Korea and Switzerland which suffer a strong reverse from Brazil and Portugal. At the expense of it, among the ranks of Asians we count Kim Jinsu (score 4 – 5 credits), Hwang InBeom (score 4 – 14 credits), Jung WooYoung (score 4 – 2) and Kim Minjae (score 4,5 – 12) . Even the Napoli defender, therefore, does not flee from this performance collapse while among the Swiss Schar (score 4 – 11), Comert (score 4.5 – 3) and Sommer (score 4.5 – 14) do not shine, this last always among the most proactive of the red cross players, but he has to do mea culpa on the occasion of some goals by Portugal. Diallo was also bad (score 4 – 16 credits), a promising defender from Senegal who, however, understood very little in the eighth against England and his compatriot Pathe Ciss (score 4,5 – 14), a midfielder who let slip far and wide Foden. Finally, a mention for a not at all heroic goalkeeper: Ryan (score 4.5 – 7), Australia full defender, let Alvarez steal the ball for Argentina’s double, revealing the limits of building from below.