Midfield:
Juventus star Paul Pogba starts as the anchorman for our team after winning the Serie A again for the Bianconeri. Sevilla’s Ivan Rakitic, who after a stunning season for Europa League winners Sevilla starts in the right wing for Croatia and our fantasy team. Mario Gotze is expected to play a significant role for the Germans as it will be the Bayern triumvirate of Kroos, Schweinstieger and Gotze who pull the strings for Joachim Loew’s side. Liverpool target Adam Lallana too finds himself in our team while Raheem Sterling just misses out for the sake of balance we have opted with a 4-4-2 in our starting eleven.
Strikeforce:
According to reports in the Spanish media, Romelu Lukaku is all set to join La Liga Champions Atletico Madrid in summer as the 21-year-old striker, who joined the West London club from Anderlecht in 2011 has set his eye on leaving Stamford Bridge this summer. The Belgian who had yet another stunning season on loan at Everton will lead the line on his own for his country with Christian Benteke missing out through injury. We will complete the lineup with Liverpool hitman Daniel Sturridge who will have to play a key role if the Three Lions are to progress from the group stages and do anything mention-able in the showpiece event.
Best Debut XI
Courtois
Rojo Kompany Cahill Baines
Lallana Pogba Rakitic Gotze
Lukaku Sturridge