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<p>Fantasy Football Hub contributor <a href="https://twitter.com/FPL_JianBatra">Jian Batra</a> finished in the top 10k of the Euro 2020 Fantasy game - here he reveals his World Cup Fantasy team for Matchday 7, covering the final and third-place playoff.</p>
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<h2>Jian's World Cup Fantasy team reveal</h2>
<p>My current rank is 81k and I've racked up 327 points overall.</p>
<p>One thing that's very important to note is the fact that the third-place playoff game is included in the point scoring, hence covering assets from both Morocco and Croatia is wise.</p>
<p>I'd expect to see some more goals in the game, in comparison to the final. As such I've got three attacking assets from the teams combined and covered both defences.</p>
<p>I'm expecting Croatia to be relatively open and<strong> Luka Modric ($8.5m)</strong> to play in a more advanced free role given it's his last international game.</p>
<p>The final is a coin flip but my gut tells me this World Cup belongs to <strong>Lionel Messi ($10.5m)</strong>.</p>
<p>It's almost as if the stars are aligning for him. France have looked shaky at the back for this entire tournament and have rode their luck at times - but also managed situations very well in order to not concede during crucial moments.</p>
<p><strong>Alexis Mac Allister ($7.0m)</strong> is a must for me in the midfield department. Given there's not a plethora of options he looks the best bet with his form.</p>
<p><strong>Angel Di Maria ($8.5m)</strong> retains his place - he's always been a man for the big occasion and hopefully he'll play.</p>
<p>I've made the slightly differential switch of <strong>Olivier Giroud ($7.5m)</strong> to <strong>Antoine Griezmann ($8.5m)</strong>, simply due to expected minutes.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be surprised to see Giroud taken off around the 65th minute mark, which is what happened against Morocco, and Griezmann to play the full 90-120 minutes.</p>
<p>There have been rumours of <strong>Karim Benzema </strong>returning to the squad after missing the entire tournament through injury, which would potentially further harm Giroud's expected minutes if the unlikely situation happened.</p>
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