France players celebrate winning the World Cup with coach Didier Deschamps. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A World Cup of surprises showed once again how small teams are finding a way to compete with the big boys, as was the case at the European Championship two years ago.
It was Iceland and Wales who shook up the established order in 2016, now Belgium and Croatia have shown that smaller nations can dream of footballing success as the gap to the traditional powers continues to narrow.
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