World Soccer

6 of the best Ones to watch in Qatar

1 Marselino FERDINAN

INDONESIA

The19-year-old midfielder is the wonderkid of Indonesian football and one of the few players from the entire Southeast Asian region at a European club, namely KMSK Deinze in the Belgian second tier. Fans back home are proud that he has gone, but miss seeing his mazy dribbling and spectacular shots on a regular basis.

It’s not easy being something of a prodigy in Indonesia: the country loves football perhaps more than any

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