How good would’ve a Yugoslav team performed at the 2018 WC?

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Putting aside the different ethnicities and rivalries among the players of the different nations, how well would’ve a team made up of Croatians, Bosnians, Serbians, Montenegrins, Slovenians and Madedonains perform at the 2018 WC?

Goalkeeper choices include Subasic, Handanovic, Oblak and Begovic.

Fullback choices include Srna,Vrslajko, Strinic, Kolorov, Kolasinac and Basta.

Centre-back choices include Corluka, Vida, Lovren, Ivanovic, Nastasic, Savic and Subotic.

Central-Midfielder choices include Rakitic, Modric, Kovacic, Brozovic, Pjanic, Matic, Milinkovic-Savic, Kampl, Fejsa, Ljajic, Badelj and Tadic.

Winger choices include Perisic, Rebic, Visca, Lulic, Kostic, Hallilovic and Marusic.

Striker choices include Mandzukic, Krammeric, Illcic, Jovetic, Dzeko, Ibisivic, Kalinic and Mitrovic.

IMO they would have one of the strongest teams in the competition. 
Croatia alone made the finals so I think a Yugoslavia as a whole could go all the way.

Thoughts?

Hombre Sin Nombre AKA Oggmeista · Answer

no idea...give respect and credit to the actual team that played not one that you have no idea about personnel structure phillosophy management...etc......In theory it's easy to make speculative predictions, in pracitse it's anything but

Anonymous · Answer

Well Croatia made the Final so combining Croatia and Serbia could have won it.

Anonymous · Answer

Agree, I've thought and discussed this before. Yugoslavia got 4th in 1962 a few years before disbanding, and assuming all players got along and trained as Croatia did, Yugoslavia might have won the whole thing and be a real powerhouse in the international football world

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How good would’ve a Yugoslav team performed at the 2018 WC?

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