What FC Barcelona fans have predicted for the Qatar 2022 World Cup
The World Cup got started in Qatar this Sunday with a record 17 FC Barcelona players participating. A few days ago we ran a poll among followers of the website, with a number of questions about the competition.
Barça fans believe that, of the eight teams with blaugrana representation, Brazil and Spain are the ones that will go the furthest, with about 38% of the vote each.
Fans are very convinced which of the nine Barça players in the Spain will get the most playing time, with 70% of the votes going to Pedri, followed by Sergio Busquets and Gavi.
Asked who will win the first direct clash between Barça players, Ter Stegen's Germany against Spain, fans think Spain will win that one.
Fans also think that Frenkie de Jong will get more MVP awards than his Dutch team-mate Memphis.
Lewandowski is expected to be Barça's highest scoring player at the World Cup, with a huge 60% of the vote, followed by Memphis, Ferran Torres and Ansu Fati. Most fans think the Polish striker will score between four and six goals in Qatar (45%), with 35% going for a more conservative bet of one to three goals.
Finally, with Dembélé and Kounde hoping to be in the first team to successfully defend the title since 1962, the most popular vote for how far they'll go this time is the semi-finals.
48% of fans also think that Araujo's Uruguay will finish second in a group that also includes South Korea, Portugal and Ghana, while when asked how far they think Cristensen's Denmark will go, 42% don't think they'll get any further than the last sixteen, but 42% can see them in the quarter finals.
