World Cup 2022: Round of 16 best squad.

The best team of the round of 16 World Cup teams has only two South American stars, Lucas Paqueta and Richarlison, both from the Brazilian team. With one goal each, these two created a strong impact, helping "Selecao" settle the match against Korea just 36 minutes after the opening whistle.

Brazil had two players selected for the round of 16 best squad.

After 56 matches, football fans have witnessed the first hat-trick at the 2022 World Cup. This memorable milestone was achieved by someone who is not a well-known player. Goncalo Ramos, a rookie on the Portuguese team, was the one to make it. On the day he started to replace superstar Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese team’s starting lineup, the Benfica striker shone with a hat-trick and an assist in his fourth appearance for the 2016 European champions.

The Portuguese team has another name being honored in this squad, and that is Bruno Fernandes. The Manchester United star is still in top form, with a third assist and two goals at the 2022 World Cup. Bruno's neat corner kick for Pepe to raise the score to 2-0 was an important turning point for "Seleccao" to steer the game as they wanted.

Goncalo Ramos and Bruno Fernandes had excellent performances in the match against Switzerland.

Kylian Mbappe was nominated for "the best team of the group stage" and continued to be in the excellent squad in the round of 16. The French Golden Boy scored twice against Poland to surpass Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup scoring record (9 goals compared to 8 goals). If he can continue to play in his current form, Mbappe, 23 years old, can completely challenge the record of the most goals scored in World Cup history held by the legendary Miroslav Klose (16 goals).

In the midfield, Jude Bellingham was chosen as one of the two midfielders with the best performance, along with Paqueta. In the opening goal against Senegal, the 19-year-old rising star had an excellent dribble and then assisted Jordan Henderson to score. A few minutes later, it was Bellingham again who successfully stole the ball from the opponent before launching the pass, opening the chance to score another goal for the "Three Lions."

Both Mbappe and Bellingham are playing well in this year's tournament.

In defense, the pair of full-backs Daley Blind and Denzel Dumfries from the Dutch team made a strong impression with their ability to support the attack in the Netherlands' 3-1 victory over the US. Croatia also contributed two representatives in the defense, defender Dejan Lovren and goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic, who successfully saved three penalty kicks by Japanese players, helping the defending runner-up defeat the Asian representative.

Dominik Livakovic had 3 incredible saves in the penalty shootout to help Croatia progress.

Although the Spanish team was eliminated after losing to Morocco in the penalty shootout, the individual performance of the former Villarreal player, Rodri, was still highly appreciated. 235 ball touches, 203 successful passes, a 93% accuracy rate, nine accurate long passes, and one chance creation are the stats that make Rodri the one with the highest score on the "La Roja" side.

The defensive line in the squad.

The most regrettable thing happened to Morocco when their historic performance against Spain was not enough for any names from Africa to be included in the round of 16 best squad.

The round of 16 best squad.