After three-and-a-half gloriously exciting weeks, the 2022 World Cup is fast approaching its final crescendo, as Lionel Messi’s Argentina take on Kylian Mbappe’s France in Sunday’s narrative-stuffed final.
LaLiga was the most represented competition in the semi finals, and remains ahead of the pack even after four teams have been whittled down to two, with an incredible 16 LaLiga players in the running for a prestigious World Cup final appearance.
With plenty of Spanish strands still to follow, test your obscure footballing knowledge our LaLiga themed World Cup quiz below, with the correct answers at the very bottom of this post. Make sure to share your results in the comments below!
Question one: Starting off easy(ish).
Question two: A bit trickier…
Question three: He made history in Qatar.
Question four: There are no active LaLiga players from this nation.
Question five: At least they’ll be all rested up…
Question six: Shot-stopper stats 🧤
Question seven: Like a fine wine 🍷
Question eight: Plenty of the ball ⚽️
Question nine: You will know if you follow on Twitter...
Question ten: Some VERY obscure knowledge.
Answers
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Starting the opening game between Qatar and Ecuador, Gonzalo Plata was the first LaLiga player to feature.
No LaLiga players managed to score until Spain’s 7-0 demolition of Costa Rica, when Marco Asensio grabbed the second goal of the game.
He became the third-youngest goalscorer in World Cup history in that same game - it’s Gavi, at 18 years and 136 days.
Australia took Cádiz’s Awer Mabil, Switzerland brought Valencia’s Eray Cömert, South Korea had Mallorca’s Kang-in Lee. Cameroon brought zero LaLiga players!
Espanyol had Martin Braithwaite, Getafe had Nemanja Maksimović and Stefan Mitrović, Almería had Srđan Babić. Girona is the correct answer.
Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is Thibaut Courtois, who made eight saves. Simón made six and Bounou just five.
Andrés Guardado has the second-most international caps of any player in Qatar, with 178. Modrić has 155, Busquets 139 and Cavani 133.
Spain had 81.8% of the ball against Costa Rica, a World Cup record.
Walid Regragui and Lionel Scaloni both played for Racing Santander! Here’s the proof…
And you have our respect if you genuinely knew this. Salem Al-Dawsari made a singular appearance for Villarreal in 2018…
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