The group stages of the World Cup are over, and the reigning champions Germany have been knocked out, meaning there's a wealth of talent who will be heading home following their World Cup exit. Today we've put together what we consider to be the best XI players knocked out of the World Cup group stage, based on both reputation and performance in Russia!

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