Illustrations made for the blog Puntero Izquierdo from Brazil, about special characters of the Russia World Cup 2018.
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Son Heung-Min, forward of South Korea team. The major asian football talent will probably have to leave the boots at the height of his career to attend his country's compulsory military service.
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Idrissa Gana Gueye, midfielder of Senegal. He became a meme in Brazil after he was seen leaning against the goal post in the goal of Yerri Mina. That goal of Colombia meant the elimination of his team.
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Felipe Baloy, defender and capitain of Panama team. He became the first panamanian to score in a World Cup. It came after the six goals England made to his team but the audience in the stadium did not seem to care about it.
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Nordim Amrabat, forward of Morroco team. He fought with Sergio Ramos and caused a good impression against Spain but will be best remembered for talking to the cameras after his team disqualification "VAR is bullshit!".
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Javier Mascherano, midfielder and captain of Argentina team. The last appearance of Mascherano who was close to glory many times with his team. But he finally finished in a melancholic way with all the problems with AFA and Sampaoli could not fix, ending with no prize.
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Stanislav Cherchesov, coach of Russia. The ossetian was a former goalkeeper of URSS, Commonwealth of Independent States and finally Russia. The coach led a discredited team much further than the world could imagine.