KALININGRAD - Reigning champions Germany have been dethroned, while some other giants have failed to fire so far. Here's what we can glean from the group stage of the World Cup:
They are the ones who have dominated the last 10 Ballon d'Ors and won the lot in club football in Europe, and the hot topic before kick-off was whether Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo or Argentina's Lionel Messi could win the World Cup to cement their status as the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT).
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