World Cup 2018

England and Belgium, two teams who had the biggest prize of all in their sights, now face off today with as good as zilch up for grabs.

AS editor Alfredo Relaño says that the failures of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar at the World Cup have allowed Griezmann and Modric to become front runners for the Ballon d'Or.

Yugoslavia failed to win any major footballing honour and neither subsequently have any of the nations that emerged after the break-up of the former federation.