How would the Soviet Union do in the 2018 world cup?

What if the Soviet Union was intact in 2018, and were hosting the world cup. How far would they go?

All the former USSR countries are minnows, except Russia and Ukraine.

The Soviet team will consist of Russian and Ukrainian players. They will probably reach RO16 or Quarters.

Latvia won 0-0 against Germany at Euro 2004, they're a football power house to be reckoned with.

>Gemany
>2004
>Good

Pick two

They would do well, a very strong team historically. Communist countries had a good talent system we're children were scouted and trained young. Like China does rn. Eastern Germany even came in 2nd before the United States at some Olympics with 12 million people

Yarmolenko
Konoplyanka
Mkhitaryan
and Smolov in the attack

1/4

It's 2004 and good then.

What would the starting 11 look like?

How would an estern block team do this WC?

>GDR

Kroos, Schmelzer and Adler...it's almost nothing I guess.

>Russia+Ukraine+Mkhitarian

Still shit

former Yugoslavia would be better desu

came in here to post this

It would actually be a GOAT team. Imagine:
bosnian and croatian attackers
croatian and serbian midfield
mostly serbian defence
slovenian goalkeeper
Throw a random skillful shiptaror macedonian (same thing now desu) in there for substitution and we're good to go unless of course the teammates kill eachother as would probably happen right now

You would choke as you always have.

Cech
Gebre Selassie Glik Skrtel Schmelzer
Kroos Hamsik
Błaszczykowski Mkhitaryan Konoplyanka
Lewandowski

Line-up would probably look something like this. Nothing special desu

doping

How far would nordic union go?

For me, it's something like this. Don't know who could play on the right wing though. Formations with two strikers like Mandzukic/Dzeko look stronger on paper, but it would be too one dimensional.

>same thing now
delet this
we have some real good young players now

almost the same as a team of me,8 guys in my street, and the two best semi-pro players at the moment

>not Handanovic as GK
dropped

Don't you guys have any decent central/defensive midfielders?

Well, I thought about including him.

>won 0-0

it's a meme, you d**

>Estonia
>nordic

Because the Westerners never used doping amirite?

Replace Ekdal with Schöne, Larsen with Svensson and Dolberg with Berg and it's good

I agree, but I was doing it based on Suede's picture
>Svensson
Havent heard of him

Their furpuck team would be nails. Divegrass not so much.

>tfw when no epic NATO vs Eastern Bloc rivalry match