The World Cup is by far and away the most famous and most popular sporting competition on the globe.

Across the world, people will be squeezing into living rooms, tuning in radios and cramming into pubs to catch a glimpse of how their country is going.

Unfortunately for the Socceroos, they have been dealt a difficult group, making their chances of advancing to the knockout stage unlikely once again.

Thus, in the case that they do get knocked out in the group stages, we have created a list of who you should barrack for based on your football team.

7. Geelong 

Croatia

At first glance, it would almost seem there is nothing similar between these two sides.

One is coming off a premiership after being the most consistent side over the last 10 years, whilst the other has never really achieved anything except finishing runners-up in the 2018 World Cup Final.

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However, the two of them both have a superstar midfielder who has served them so well for so many years; these being Brownlow Medallist Patrick Dangerfield and Ballon D'Or winner Luka Modric, that just continue to give.

They also have extremely loyal fanbases that are the heart and soul of their football teams.

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