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Lucian Bucur

This unflappable Romanian defensive midfielder reads the game like a grandmaster, dismantling attacks with an uncanny ability to jockey and block that leaves opponents frozen. To sharpen his focus, he insists on organizing his teammate’s shin guards into perfect alphabetical order before every kickoff, a bizarre ritual that drives the rest of the squad absolutely mad. While his ground game is world-class, he occasionally gets caught ball-watching when the game gets too slow, occasionally drifting into a rare moment of lapses in concentration.