Worst Player In EVERY 2022 World Cup Squad 

The worst player on a World Cup squad will still run circles around all of us.

This has to be the only time Shaq Moore will ever be mentioned on HITC sevens. As a lifelong USMNT fan, lets keep it that way.

Barisic was an incredibly harsh pick when there are players who play domestically in Croatia and the aging Vida and Barisic played the Europa league final last year

I was hoping this would be more of a "Worst PERFORMING Player In EVERY 2022 World Cup Squad" type of video. A bit unfair to shred players who were clearly brought as back ups and not starters and can't really judge their abilities properly as they hadn't even played a single match at the World Cup.

I've seen a few people say it, but I think a better version of this topic would be worst PERFORMING member of each team. So which starter or regular sub didn't live up to expectation. I think it'd be a tad more interesting than just which back-ups never really even saw the field.

I´m not even a fan of River Plate where Armani plays but I can tell you he is not even close to being the worst in Argentina. He is an excellent keeper even if he was a late bloomer (and has won a couple of Copa Libertadores aka South America´s Champion Leagues while being a key player). Ironically enough probably the "worst" players in our squad are ones who have seen regular minutes in the WC, like Molina or Montiel, because our left and right backs are the weakest position in the team

Pipe Vasquez is a solid CB. He started most of our qualifiers where we had the best defensive record in our group. Mexico’s worst player is undoubtedly Rogelio Funes Mori or Roberto Alvarado

Franco Armani is a great GK. Is bizarre that the english people treats south-american teams as small, without considering that River Plate would destroy West Ham, Leicester and at least other 14 EPL teams

Unnecessary Balde slander in the thumbnail, he’s been outstanding for barca and Spain this year and it’s still his first full season with the first team

1:26-franco armani(Argentina) 3:23-marco tillo(Australia ) 4:27-zeno debast(Belgium ) 5:36-dani alves(brazil) 6:46-simon nganpandouetnbu(cameroon ) 7:54-liam fraser(canada) 8:56-alvaro zamora(Costa rica) 9:59-borna barisic(Croatia ) 11:17-jens stryger larsen(Denmark ) 12:07-kevin Rodriguez (Ecuador ) 12:52-conor coady(England ) 13:30-steve mandanda(france) 14:16-thilo kehrer(Germany ) 15:11-brahim danlad(ghana) 16:01-abolfazal jalali(iran) 16:45-daniel schmidt (japan) 17:48-johan vasquez (Mexico ) 18:46-yahia attiyat Allah (Morocco ) 19:33-vincent jansen(Netherlands ) 20:12-michael skores(Poland ) 21:13-antonio silva(Portugal ) 22:15-yousef hassan(qatar) 23:24-riyadh sharahili(saudi Arabia ) 24:05-moustapha name(senegal ) 25:02-filip mladenovic(Serbia ) 25:49-cho yu-min(South Korea ) 26:27-eric Garcia (Spain ) 27:07-fabian frei(Switzerland ) 27:50-nader ghandri(Tunisia ) 28:46-shaq moore(USA ) 29:44-jose luis Rodriguez (Uruguay ) 30:28-jonny Williams (wales)

Franco Armani is a class keeper! No way he is the worst player in that squad... As a Junior fan, I had to suffer him on his Nacional days 😂

I have to correct you, Barišić started against Japan, but didn't start nor even played a single minute of football against Brazil for Croatia. Maybe you got confused because both Sosa and Barišić are named Borna. (Mistakes can happen, keep up the good work!!)

Choosing Johan Vazquez (and even mentioning Uriel Antuna) over Rogelio Funes Mori for Mexico was... interesting

Please do: best XI of players that never played in the world cup

Thank you Alfie for finally giving Shaq Moore the recognition he deserves 🏆

I won't comment on any other player but Attiyat Allah has been great for Morocco as mezraoui was injured, i get the video might have been made only up to the Spain game but he still had a better Performance than Chdiri who even though has pace and had a few runs on goal but has terrible finishing ability wasting 3 clear chances in the Spain game alone. Hamdalah is also a good shout as when he came on instead of En-nseyri, he looked lazy and slow.

Alfie: I'll stay firmly on topic... Me: Please don't.

I love the showing of Lukaku at the worst players statement.

crazy to think canada in their first world cup in decades got put into a group with 2 semi finalists and FIFA's 2nd ranked country in the world

I think all Moroccans here were shocked to hear Attiyat-Allah who as been outstanding mentioned ahead of the likes of Cheddira, Banoun, El Khanouss, or even Zaroury

I enjoy how much Alfie goes beyond just football and gives additional socio/political/economical backgrounds to football.. Love this type of presenting

I can't help but think that the name would have been Robert Balenciaga not Mugabe Balenciaga 😂

Bro i've been a fan of ur channel a few years now , but for Morocco , Attiat-allah was amazing both in defence and attack , he gave the assist to Nessiry to bang the winner against Portugal , the worst Player was by far striker walid Shedira who missed 3 open goal chances and got sent off after being subbed in against portugal.

Daniel Schmidt was my first choice goalkeeper in a certain FM11 career I played at Consadole. What a legend he is to me!

Morocco has to be Walid Cheddira. Every time I’ve seen him play he looks out of place and he even got sent off in the game against Portugal

Spot on with the Shaq Moore call but that was an easy one. When his inclusion was announced most US fans laughed.

Franco Armani was one of the best gks in the continent if not the best until 2020 or so. He was the key to win the 2018's Libertadores for River and 2016's for Atletico Nacional. Sadly, he is old and he struggled a lot in River at penalty shoot-outs. Hope River Plate signs Bono after this WC.

Yeah, choosing Armani for Argentina just goes to show that you disrespect south American football or just picked players based on their wether you know their name or not

I still remember watching Zaha highlights as a teenager when it looked like Arsenal would sign him and I swear I left a comment that they should forget him and sign that Palace attacking mid Jonathan Williams. He was all over Zahas highlights and looked super talented I swear. So thats why I'm not employed as a scout

Johan Vazquez was the top U-23 cb in the league last year. Somehow instead f going to Atalanta, Lazio or Fiorentina like he was officially linked, he ended up on the wrist squad, again.

This is a video showcasing the least-known players at this world cup whom are now becoming famous thanks to HITC Sevens

It’s more why Shaq Moore a mid mls right back who was benched in laliga 2 played more than a Bundesliga starter in joe scally

Hi Alfie! I’m going to have to strongly disagree with you for Australia. The worst player in that squad is easily Vukovic, he’s been average at best for Central Coast and has made many mistakes in goal this season. Tilio on the other hand has looked great when playing off the bench or in the starting 11.

Johan Vasquez? No way he’s great but sadly was never given the chance. He’ll be great one day. You’re right, antuna should’ve been chosen on this list

Video recommendation: all time best XI of players from relegated premier league teams

Yahia attiat lah was massive against portugal and he was one the best team of that stage

Johan Vásquez is a good player. He was one of the best defenders in the Mexican league until his move to Italy. At Genoa he quickly became a starter, and statistically last season was one of the best center backs in Serie A. He has a weird club situation but as long as he keeps playing he’ll turn out to be a decent center back. He rarely got minutes under Tata, he has favorites.

Enjoy your videos Alfie, but what is your mention of Cammy Devlin based on? Have you seen him play this season?

Could have chosen players that actually had minutes at the cup tbh

Idk if you’re planning to do a video about Grant Wahl but it would be cool if you made one!

I just love the man's humorous lines as he showcases Cameroon's 3rd choice goalie Simon Ngatc.........😄😄😄😄

Disagree with the Australia one. While Marco Tilio might have been a replacement for Boyle, I still feel Danny Vukovic is, by far, the worst squad member. He wasn't in good form at Mariners, and was lucky to be picked.

Barisic gets a lot flak home, but so does Sosa in this tournament. However I wouldn't put him as "weak link". He is solid international sub fullback. Can be used tactically when we need some crosses. Sosa loves more to cut inside then cross. Weak link for Croatia would probably be Domagoj Vida or even Josip Stanisic before Barisic. Vida is legend of team and thats why they brought him. Far from his old form. Josip Sutalo would get chance over him for sure if we needed to change cb.

Good friend Alfie Potts Harmer,a good result by your beloved Hull City team by getting a 0-0 draw at Watford yesterday!!!:-D

Mate. I’m still furious about some of Wales’ selections for the WC… I’m not saying that we were destined to win the thing, but at least compete? So many on form, Welsh players were left behind - and instead, we brought the tired, injured, off-form old guard. Ah well. See you all in another 64 years.

Armani is not "Just a decent keeper" He's a two time Copa Libertadores winner alonside a bunch of other thropies in Atlético Nacional and River Plate.

Would love an in depth video of how/why Croatia outperform other countries of a much larger size. It must be something structural as it's been that way since they became an independent nation.

Hold up! You picked Yahia Attiyat Allah, a player who was exceptional whenever he came on and played a big part in his start vs Portugal. Nah, if there is one player from Morocco who has been worse, it's Cheddira. That man is Maguire if he was a forward.

I’d still rather be the worst player in a World Cup squad than the best player left at home.

After seeing the headline: This is how you make friends 😁😂😁😂

I'm sorry Alfie, but I'll have to strongly disagree with you on the topic of the worst player from Portugal. Given the enormous touting and expectations from arguably the best player in the world and the overall productivity (or lacking to the point he had to be benched) he has shown I think it is extremely unfair to tag the youngest and least responsible for the successes and shortcomings of the Portuguese squad as the "worst player" instead. Furthermore, Antonio Silva has represented Benfica 10 times in the League, plus twice in the Portuguese Cup and 6 times in UCL for a total of 18 games played at only 19 years of age having scored for three times and never lost a game for Benfica.

Watching this later after work and going wild when Jordan Morris gets put on by Alfie

Please do best and worst players in the starting 11 at the World Cup

31:00 always trust Alfie into finding a way of inserting Hull City into a video.

You should do worst player that play in the World Cup

Suggestion here: it would be cool to look at this video when 2026 rolls around to see where all these players are now

For Belguim it is undeniably lukaku even by ability

had to come back to this after Shaq Moore somehow got called in again for the USA Copa America roster

Your attempts to read the Polish names were adorable

For me in the Brazilian Squad it's either Fred or Pedro.....

Can you do a update on the best player in every country again

Just a side note, wrong Soyeon was shown for the section of Cho Yu Min having a kpop start fiance. Took me by surprise when I saw the photo and I had to look it up 🤣

Eric Garcia to be fair is one of the most consistent players in the game; always crap and always delivers loads of it.

here is fun idea! managers that are great at club level but under performed at national level like Flik or vice versa la kovac.

i think it would really hurt Alfie if i call out his eurocentric point of view in Franco Armani´s case.

Best player from every team to miss the World Cup.

St Johnstone fan here… WTF IS WRONG WITH DAVID WOTHERSPOON?!? also in all seriousness just glad we could get a mention :)

Came here after I saw Alejandro Balde on the thumbnail as the worst player for Spain, only to see Dani Alves as the worst player for Brazil Bonkers Turns out the choice for "worst player for Spain" is Eric Garcia🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾

What about a video on players made international debut before club debut

Alfie, could you do a video on why Croatia always overachieves in football (and elsewhere)

Would have Loved to see Erling Haaland at this FIFA World Cup … 🤦🏿‍♂️. ⚽️

I 100% agree with the Eric Garcia shout

Could you make a video on the rise of RC lens. They currently sit at second place in ligue 1 given that they sold most of their best players this season prior

Exequiel Palacios is far better than the second worst player in Argentina’s squad. Pezzella, Montiel, Almada, and Papu are worst (Papu based on his recent form). He’s had lots of injury problems and bad coaches and difficulty adapting to a new culture at Bayer Leverkusen but is a very talented footballer and had always performed very well for Argentina almost every game he played

Couldn't agree more on Eric Garcia, cant see what the hype is all about he's average.

You got the wrong Soyeon as Jo yoo min’s fiance haha😂

even more shocking then shaq moore playing more than reyna is that he played more than joe scally

Whilst I agree with the fact that Jonniesta is our worst player, I'm surprised you failed to mention Christ Gunter, who also plays in League Two (albeit only since the start of the season) as one of the contenders especially as you put Sparky Harris in there who has played a decent amount of football for Cardiff this season even if he hasn't scored a lot he has played a few games (including the first game back vs Stoke) on the wing (which I'd argue is his better position than up front). I'll give a dishounourable mention to Dylan Levitt who, whilst seaccording to Fotmob is one of their better players this season, is playing for bottom of the Scottish Premiership team Dundee United, alongside Matt Smith who you mentioned is playing for MK Dons who are doing awfully in League One

ibrahim danlad - my career mode 🐐

Hey there Alfie, got a suggestion for ya: How about making a vid about new national teams that would exist after Russia splits into tiny republics like Chechnya, Tatarstan or Dagestan

Hard disagree with Armani, if i had to choose worst performing player in the argentinian team, it would be Almada, hos performance wasn't terrible but it wasn't special either

In fairness to Jonny Williams he is a cut above League Two, he's only at that level because of his injury record. Can easily see him getting a move back up to the Championship if he stays fit.

England should have been Ben White, he did nothing, upset the coaches then got sent home

After the WC: worst player of every squad that ACTUALLY played minutes in this WC! USA: Wright

I watched every second of the USMNT WC games, and while some players didn't play great, none looked completely out of their depth except Shaq Moore. This was the right pick.

As a mexican I disagree the worst player of mexico at the world cup was funes mori some of us call him fallas mori which means misses mori

Genghis Gucci. Dude this is fun!

Would have preferred list of worst players that actually played a whole game or something. Much more relevant in my opinion

For the USMNT, it should of have been a tie with Moore, Long, and Morris.

clicked to see chedira

Greetings, Alfie! Big fan of your videos. I admire your knowledge of worldwide football culture. I must say, though, that it’s rather disappointing to see Franco Armani as Argentina’s “worst” player. He’s probably been given the underrated treatment here but he’s a true legend in South America for winning Copa Libertadores twice with two different teams (one of them almost single-handedly making a triple save in the knock-out stage and having played brilliantly in the other games) AND for being a late boomer altogether. Gerónimo Rulli is a much more average keeper than Armani, and I would have even put Juan Foyth below Armani. Other than that, I believe the other selections are spot-on. Cheers!

should have just been players to play in the World Cup so we have something to rate them off rather than just naming someone that didn’t play. Could have been funnier and more interesting to list off stats

Yahia Attiat Allah honestly I’m not gonna say I watch a lot of Moroccan league football but from what I’ve seen from him he’s actually pretty good even playing for Mazraoui a few times

Alfie I’m impressed you didn’t put Aaron Long for our worst player

The worst player from Switzerland has to be Renato Steffen, he literally has no skill.

I think most of Qatar's team could count for the list Edit: as an American, the rest of the world is lucky our best athletes chose to play different sports, just imagine if Tyreek Hill and his deadly speed played football instead of football

As an Australian I absolutely disagree with the decision to put Marco Tilio as a our worst player. He was in great form handing into the World Cup and was harsh not to be included before Boyle got injured. If we’re looking on our worst player in form in the team, it was probably Danny Vukovic. Who has been conceding such easy chances for the Mariners, and if it weren’t for being apart of our national team keepers union, he’d have been out of the squad in place of Mitch Langerak.

For Mexico it should have been Nestor Aruajo. He is uncoordinated as hell. He got a yellow card for not knowing how to tackle properly.

You should add time stamps please. It makes it easier to navigate.

Just because Armani doesn't play for a europeam team it means he's the worst Argentinian player??? Really shows the lack of reaserch. He's one of the best South American goalkeepers in the last decade for sure. Copa libertaderes winner with Atl.Nacional & River Plate (being key player in both teams) has a record of 800mins without receiving any goal. Saying he is the worst player in the squad when you have Tagliafico or Foyth is a clear lack of reaserch on your part