Ahead of the World Cup illustrator Pupazzaro has designed a series of illustrations inspired by Russian propaganda posters.  In the spotlight are Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos & Isco, Liverpool’s Mo Salah and Barcelona’s Pique.

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Real Madrid striker is depicted in his Portugal shirt with gold writing.

Cristiano como Eusebio. A luz das pessoas. 100 days to the world cup. A new series of Russian propaganda inspired posters. Stay tuned. #cr7 #footballpropaganda #football #fifa #russia2018 #portugal

A post shared by fabrizio (@pupazzaro) on Mar 6, 2018 at 1:45pm PST

Gerard Pique

The Barcelona man with piercing blue eyes and red and yellow stripes of the Catalan flag in the backdrop.

Gerard Piqué. #footballpropaganda #barça #barcelona #mesqueunclub #españa #liga

A post shared by fabrizio (@pupazzaro) on Mar 16, 2018 at 3:29am PDT

Mo Salah

Liverpool’s goal machine is pictured wearing an adidas Egypt shirt with pyramids in the backdrop.

Mo Salah. Unstoppable. #footballpropaganda #egypt #fifa18 #momosalah #momo #lfc

A post shared by fabrizio (@pupazzaro) on Mar 17, 2018 at 4:19pm PDT

Sergio Ramos

The Real Madrid and Spain centre back is looking focused wearing his Spain shirt with the Spanish flag in the backdrop.

Las furias. Sergio Ramos. #footballillustration #footballpropaganda #footballart #art #españa #spain #lasfuriasrojas #fifa18 #worldcup #russia2018 #football

A post shared by fabrizio (@pupazzaro) on Mar 28, 2018 at 12:42pm PDT

Isco

Last but not least is the Isco disco.  The bearded playmaker is wearing his adidas Spain shirt and has Isco written on the backdrop.

Isco. #footballpropaganda

A post shared by fabrizio (@pupazzaro) on Mar 30, 2018 at 1:07pm PDT

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