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#8 - José Maria Giménez:
It is easy to forget centre-backs while listing talents to keep an eye on, but José Maria Giménez is live evidence as to why this position as just as important as any other.
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Defensively speaking, the 22-year old has been rock solid for Atlético Madrid for quite a while now, but that does not prevent him from always being an aerial threat to the opponents, in set pieces.
As a matter of fact, he has already found the net against Girona this season, helping Atlético secure a valuable away home that could prove-out to be crucial by the end of the season.
Giménez has been just as impressive for Uruguay, and despite the national team's recent decline in form, it is highly expected that they book themselves a ticket to Russia, and retrieve their composed back-line.
La Celeste has already shown improvement in the previous round of qualifiers, by holding Lionel Messi and his Argentine teammates to a goal-less draw in Montevideo, proving why they can still rely on defensive resilience to do the job, whenever needed.
