So today I offer you my personal XI, with a quick sentence on why I selected them. Good luck to you and your Fantasy team and, if you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to do so here.

GK: Alisson - Brazil, £6.1m, owned in 9.25% of teams

He has been phenomenal for both Roma and Brazil over the last year and sits perfectly at the nexus of ability and matchups.

DEF: Joshua Kimmich - Germany, £6.4m, owned in 13.79% of teams

Kimmich is, without doubt, the best defender in the Goal game having led all players in assists during qualifying whilst part of a top five defence at this tournament.

DEF: Thomas Meunier - Belgium, £6.1m, owned in 8.85% of teams

Only five players contributed towards more goals (goals+assists) than Meunier’s 12 and Belgium should have little trouble keeping clean sheets against Panama and Tunisia.

DEF: Sime Vrsaljko - Croatia, £5.8m, owned in 1.39% of teams

He’s being slept on at the moment but Vrsaljko picked up three assists and six clean sheets in qualifying and will not face a top 10 attack in the group stage.

MID: Mohamed Salah - Egypt, £7.3m, owned in 15.9% of teams

Obviously this depends on his fitness, but he scored 63 per cent of Egypt’s qualifier goals is in the easiest group, and starts the tournament with a double gameweek.

MID: David Silva - Spain, £6.8m, owned in 8.77% of teams

Silva found his shooting this boots this season for both club (nine) and country (five) and is as close to a guaranteed starter as you’ll find this summer.

MID: Mile Jedinak - Australia, £5.6m, owned in 0.37% of teams

The Aston Villa man notched five penalties for Australia en route to Russia and, considering his heinously low cost and ownership, he’s a gamble I’m willing to take.

MID: Christian Eriksen - Denmark - £7.2m, owned in 10.3% of teams

He led all midfielders in goals during qualifying (11) and both scored and assisted in Denmark’s final tune-up against Mexico, just to firm up his standing as an elite option in the Goal game.

FOR: Olivier Giroud - France, £7.3m, owned in 3.15% of teams

Giroud had just as many goals as Griezmann on the road to Russia and, if he doesn’t start, you can always replace him midweek with someone who will.

FOR: Edinson Cavani - Uruguay, £8.0m, owned in 5.22% of teams

He led all of South America in scoring during South American qualifiers (10) and will get plenty of opportunities to score as no opponent in Group A has a top 20 defence.

FOR: Cristiano Ronaldo - £8.2m, owned in 27.06% of teams

Ronaldo has a surprisingly tough group, but he had more combined goals (18) than any other player in qualifying and, you know, is Ronaldo.