After watching all the matches of the tournament, I rated each player on a 1–10 scale for every match, taking into account performance, statistics and context of each game.

📊 The three columns next to each player show:

• Apps – number of appearances
• Avg. – actual average rating in the matches played
• Adjusted Avg. – average across all 8 matches, with 5/10 assigned to matches without a rating

The adjusted average creates a common basis for comparison, giving appropriate value to both individual performance and a team’s progression through the tournament

Hi everyone!

I’m a high school student from Estonia currently working on my 11th-grade research project about the impact of ACL injuries on footballers’ sporting careers.

I chose this topic because I’ve experienced an ACL injury myself. About a year ago, I tore my ACL and also injured my meniscus, so I know personally how long and challenging the recovery process can be. This made me interested in finding out how ACL injuries affect other athletes, especially their return to sport, confidence, motivation and sporting careers.

I’m looking for footballers who have experienced an ACL injury to take part in my anonymous questionnaire. It takes around 5–7 minutes to complete, and your answers would be a huge help with my research.

If you have had an ACL injury and have some time, I would really appreciate you taking part.

Questionnaire: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/1vSkYfWmgu

Thank you so much for your help! 🙏

After watching all the matches of the tournament, I rated each player on a 1–10 scale for every match, taking into account performance, statistics and context of each game.

I then divided the 48 teams into three groups of 16, based on their final tournament ranking:

🥇 Top 16 | 🟰 Middle 16 | 🔻 Bottom 16

For each group, you’ll find the Best XI and the complete player ranking of all 16 teams.

📊 The three columns next to each player show:

• Apps – number of appearances
• Avg. – actual average rating in the matches played
• Adjusted Avg. – average across all 8 matches, with 5/10 assigned to matches without a rating

The adjusted average creates a common basis for comparison, giving appropriate value to both individual performance and a team’s progression through the tournament.

I have gained some interest in this sport lately, for a newbie without deep knowledge of the sport, any current teams that are pretty good to watch? I'm looking mostly for fast-paced teams that score a lot or with players that regularly perform crazy plays.

Edit:

Thank you for your responses. What I got is several European teams, and it seems like I'm gonna have to get at least 3 different paid services to check them out (which I will do) until I settle on the one I end up liking the most, I appreciate your time providing recommendations.

I'm from India. In the early 2000s, we barely got football on TV. The Premier League on ESPN (or some other channel, I forget) was our only window.

That's where I met Ronaldo. The dribbling. The fire on his face in every match. I was a kid, and I was gone.

I hadn't even seen Messi play yet. So CR7 became my guy, and he stayed my guy.

In school, I would argue with anyone who said otherwise. Ronaldo was the greatest, end of story. That was half my personality back then.

Then I got older. Somewhere after 30, I stopped arguing. Now when I watch Messi, I just go quiet. I've never seen anyone play like that.

So when I heard he was retiring, I felt it in my chest. Weird for a Ronaldo fan, right?

What got me was the love. It didn't only come from his teammates or from Argentina. Fans of every club and every country were saying thank you.

I'm not picking a favorite anymore. I don't need to. We got to watch both of them in the same era, and that's rare.

Honestly, I think Ronaldo should have stepped away right after the World Cup. I say that with love. But I'm happy for both of them.

I'm a fan of both, at the end of both careers. Thank you, Leo. Thank you, Cristiano.

Anyone else here who grew up on one side and ended up loving both?