Who were the star performers in the group stage? We asked our global editorial desks to pick their Top 10 and collated the results to produce our final list.
Also receiving votes: Andreas Granqvist, Aleksandr Golovin, Hirving Lozano, Kasper Schmeichel, Thiago Silva, Luis Suarez, Denis Cheryshev, Javier Hernandez, Carlos Vela.
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