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World Cup 2018 - Groups

World cup will start in a few days. FIFA has also launched the relevant fantasy game (https://fantasy.fifa.com). Let's check initially the rules. They are the same rules as in the uefa champions league fantasy ( http://uclfantasy.uefa.com/en/fantasy17/rules ). As a result we are searching for goals or assists, ideally from defenders or midfielders, clean sheets and we'll choose our players trying to maximize the usage of manual substitutions (e.g. we should not select 2 goalkeepers that would play the same day, we'll try to pick a potential captain from each day and then every day we'll substitute those that haven't met our expectations). There are no bonus points (as in FPL). One major difference compared to CHL is that national teams do not have the luxury of rotations or many alternatives. A winning lineup will not change. There is no reason to rotate a striker who is scoring. There is no reason to risk with different formations. As a result we'll w