The 2022 World Cup group stage has ended after 13 days, 48 matches in many crazy scenarios have ended. There are many big teams that have stopped, but besides that, many surprises such as Japan and Morocco have brought interesting impressions.
For teams that go deep in the World Cup, their players are often the main players at big clubs in Europe in particular and around the world in general. Strong teams like Barcelona, Manchester City or Bayern Munich are contributing the most players to the World Cup than any other club. Barca has up to 17 players while Bayern and Man City are only 1 less than 1.
Meanwhile, other big teams in Europe such as PSG have only 11, much less than some Asian teams such as Al-Sadd or Al-Hilal.
By the time Germany stopped in Group E, Bayern Munich's number of players in this World Cup was only nearly half compared to the original (7 players). "Gray Tigers" stars such as Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry, Manuel Neuer, todayy Sane, Jamal Musiala and Thomas Muller all brought their luggage back home. Bayern's Bundesliga arch-rival Dortmund also saw a significant decrease in the number of players left in Qatar (from 11 to 4) after the group stage ended.
Qatar's story is even more miserable as they are the first home team to lose all 3 matches in the group stage and leave the tournament right after the second round. Of the 26 Qatari players registered since the beginning of the tournament, Al-Sadd is the team with the most personnel with 15 people. After the group stage, this number is only 1 Korean Jung Woo-young.
Unlike Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester City are still stable in terms of providing personnel for the teams after the group stage (14 players per team). The other two Premier League teams, Chelsea and Arsenal, respectively provided 11 and 8 players for the round of 16. Previously, this number was higher, but some people immediately joined the club after the World Cup campaign ended early such as Kai Havertz (Germany, Chelsea) or Thomas Partey (Ghana, Arsenal). Tottenham have 11 players in the World Cup group stage and now this number is still 8.
Thus, most of the players in the 1/8 round of the 2022 World Cup are from strong teams in the Premier League. The deeper these stars' teams get, the more exhausted they are before returning to the club. This means that when the World Cup ends and European tournaments such as the Champions League or Europa League continue to compete, English teams will not be as well prepared as other big opponents. Bayern Munich will enter the winter break from December 9 to January 20, while the Premier League teams will play just 8 days after the World Cup final ends.
Some smaller teams in England such as Brighton or Leicester can now breathe a sigh of relief because the number of their players participating in the World Cup has decreased significantly in number after the group stage ended. Brighton have 3 players from the initial figure of 8. Meanwhile, Leicester's are 7 and 2 respectively. Leicester will play the League Cup on December 20 and Brighton on December 21, so they will have the strongest physical force before the season continues.
