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The outcome by Thursday of the FIFA World Cup semi-final stage after the victories of the French and Croatian squads and the defeat of Belgium and England, has driven the Spanish La Liga to overtake the English Premier League (EPL) as the national league with the most footballers at this weekend's Moscow World Cup final.
Prior to the semi-final stage, the EPL and London's Tottenham had the most players lined up. But the tables have now turned and it is La Liga in the lead and six European teams featuring three players each: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Atletico de Madrid, PSG, Monaco, and Marseille, reports Efe.
The semi-final's score has left French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris as the sole representative of the Tottenham team, managed by Argentinian Mauricio Pochettino, who also had Belgium's Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and midfielder Mousa Dembele, and England's Danny Rose, Kieran Trippier, Eric Dier, Dele Alli and Harry Kane, the World Cup's top scorer with six goals.
The EPL now stands in fourth place and left with six players in all, lagging behind La Liga which has 10, France's Ligue 1 with nine and Italy's Serie A with seven players respectively.
Barcelona's Samuel Umtiti
Thomas Lemar, the Monaco player has already signed with Madrid's red and white striped team, and the red and white chequered, Sime Vrsaljko.
The Seville FC will also have its midfielder, Steven Nzonzi, present at the final.
The Moscow Final World Cup (France-Croatia) match player breakdown by team and national football league is as follows:
Spain (10):
Barcelona (3): Samuel Umtiti, Ousmane Dembele, Ivan Rakitic
Real Madrid (3): Raphael Varane, Mateo Kovacic, Luka Modric
Atletico de Madrid (3): Lucas Hernandez, Antoine Griezmann, Sime Vsaljko
Sevilla (1): Steven Nzonzi
France (9)
Paris Saint Germain (3): Alphonse Areola, Presnel Kimpembe, Kylian Mbappe
Monaco (3): Djibril Sidibe, Thomas Lemar, Danijel Subasic
Marseille (3): Steve Mandanda, Adil Rami, Florian Thauvin
Italy (7):
Juventus (2): Blaise Matuidi, Mario Mandzukic
Inter (2): Marcelo Brozovic, Ivan Perisic
Sampdoria (1): Ivan Strinic
Fiorentina (1): Milan Badelj
Milan (1): Nikola Kalinic
England (6):
Chelsea (2): Ngolo Kante, Olivier Giroud,
Tottenham (1): Hugo Lloris.
Manchester City (1): Benjamin Mendy
Manchester United (1): Paul Pogba
Liverpool (1): Dejan Lovren
Germany (6):
Bayern Munich (1): Corentin Tolisso
Stuttgart (1): Benjamin Pavard
Bayer Leverkusen (1): Tin Jedvaj
Hoffenheim (1): Andrej Kramaric
Eintracht Frankfurt (1): Ante Rebic
Schalke (1): Marko Pjaca.
Croatia (2)
Dinamo Zagreb (1): Dominik Livakovic
Rijeka (1): Filip Bradaric
Belgium (1)
Gante (1): Lovre Kalinic
Russia (1):
Lokomotiv Moscow (1): Vedran Corluka
Austria (1)
RB Salzburg (1): Duje Caleta-Car
Turkey (1)
Besiktas (1): Domagoj Vida
Ukraine (1)
Dynamo Kiev (1): Josip Pivaric
