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FIFA World Cup 2018: Barcelona Connection for All Teams

Everyone has World Cup teams they like, including obviously their own country if they qualified. But what about if you’re a neutral since your team didn’t qualify? Or what about matches in which you don’t really know either team but still want to pull for one side?

I’m going to give you a little guide about which teams to support given their connection to Barcelona... no matter how obscure.

AFC

Australia: Ummm. Mitchell Langerak, one of their keepers, is a backup at Levante. So... who knows, really.

Iran: Their coach, Carlos Queiroz, was once the manager of Real Madrid.