The World Cup came and went and the outcome, it must be agreed, was good for the game itself. 2010 was always going to struggle against a tide of criticism. There were the Vuvuzelas and the Mexican waves, the shabby performance of some world class teams (take a bow England, Italy and France), the lack of goals, the absence of any truly great games, teams or players. Plenty to be disheartened by for the learned viewer. However the casual viewer has the most to gain, and this World cup gave them Spain. A team that didn’t necessarily play fantastic football, but gave you an appreciable style and had more class than first year health-sci.

 

What set them apart, however was their commitment to the team cause. This means they didn’t feature as strongly as they might have liked in the WORLD CUP TOURNAMENT TEAM. Playing with a 4-3-3 formation, I’d take this team over any other, based on what was seen in South Africa, i.e. not reputation. For the record, Forlan was the best player and Nelsen is most certainly the skipper. Enjoy.

 

                                         1. Iker Casillas (ESP)

2. Maicon (BRA)  3. Lucio (BRA)      4. Ryan Nelsen (NZL)   5. Phillip Lahm (GER)

 

                 6. Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER)           7. Xavi (ESP)

                                         8. Thomas Muller (GER)

9. Diego Forlan (URU)                                                10. Wesley Sneijder (NLD)

                                         11. David Villa (ESP)

 

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