World Cup 2018: The Best Combined XI from the Round-of-16

Strikers

Cavani's brace put an end to Portugal's run in the WC

Edinson Cavani (Uruguay)

Uruguay's go-to man for quite some time now, Edinson Cavani roared his way into the tournament after being relatively quiet in the group stage. He scored his first goal in the final group game against Russia and bettered that with a brace in the RO16.

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His telepathic connection with Luis Suarez was in full flow during the match, as the pair played one-twos with the ease that would make any defence in the world terrified. A timely return to form for both strikers will do a world of good for the South Americans, and the team will turn to Cavani once more against France.

It was Mbappe's pace that proved to be the difference against Argentina

Kylian Mbappe (France)

Another PSG striker, Mbappe proved why he is rated so highly with an inspired performance against Argentina. After drawing the penalty which Griezmann converted, Mbappe cut into the Argentine defence with his sheer pace and scored a brace with his lethal finishing.

At 19 year, Mbappe is one of the youngest players in the WC and will have many more WCs to his name in the years to come. In the next round, Mbappe will face his toughest test yet - against a stubborn Uruguayan defence that hates conceding goals as much as he loves scoring them.

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With 2 goals, Neymar is slowly starting to find his rhythm

Neymar (Brazil)

Brazil's golden boy scored his second goal of the tournament in their RO16 fixture against Mexico and played a major part (as he always does) in their attack. But he was overshadowed in the face of Willian's performance.

With 6 goals, England's talisman leads the Golden Boot race

Harry Kane (England)

Yet another penalty for the Tottenham striker, as he notched up his 6th goal of the tournament to lead the Golden Boot race. With not many players left in the tournament who are close to him, Kane might just win the award if things go the right way.

The 2018 World Cup Round-of-16 XI:

The 2018 WC Playing XI from the RO16