Kaka - Everyone put the spotlight on ronaldinho but its this man whose stood up to inspire an otherwise mediocre brazilian team so far. Hes always running, always fighting for the ball and the goal he scored against croatia was amazing.

Arjen Robben - Been by far the star of the show for holland. Kinda like his first few weeks at chelsea last year where he absolutely terrorised defenses with his pace and skill. A goal would be a just reward for his performance.

Riquelme - Barca might be a strong outfit as it is but they must be disappointed at not holding on to this guy who suddenly discovered he could play like a superstar once they let him go. The best playmaker of the tournament so far.

If adriano played against croatia like he did yesterday , i would have put him in as well. He was all over the pitch and should try to inspire his significantly larger strike partner who seems destined for the bench after the way robinho played after coming on to replace him.

Robben (Holland)
Kaka(Brazil)
all of Argentina

I don't really want to, but i have to add Fernando Torres to the list :\ And that penalty kick was so poorly executed :\

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The same goes with my Paranoik0.

Fernando Torres deserves to be added there after scoring 2 goals in todays game against Tunisia and creating a penalty. He was great in the second half and kept on running to tear apart the Tunisian defence.

My picks

Riquelme (heart and soul of Argentina)
Torres (Spain)
Terry (guy's been a rock in England's defense, in my opinion best defense so far in the WC)
Kaka
Lahm (Germany, amazing player so far)

Special nomination
Cech (what a great goalkeeper, I must admit I was wrong when comparing him to Buffon and Casillas, he's just in a different level, best goalkeeper in the world, not even close)
Puyol (Spain's heart)
Saviola (his runs and speed have massacred the defenses so far)
Figo (good player all around, key piece in Portugal)

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Phillip Lahm
Saviola
Fernando Torres
Kaka

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Lahm (GER)
Cannavaro/Pirlo (ITA)
Kaka (BRA)
Crespo/Maxi Rodriguez (ARG)
Essien/Appiah (GHA)

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Miroslav Klose has to be added becuase of his 4 goals so far. He's been totally essential for the Germans and he's not just a goalscorer who doesn't run. He runs very much for the team and opens up space just like many other German players does.

We'll see how he'll do against Sweden though.

Togo goalkeeper

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather Togo goalkeeper

Do you know that he was found by Germanys Andreas Köpke on the street playing football in Togo?

That's how he got the chance to play, but he was playing midfielder at that time and now he's number one in Togo.

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Originally posted by zoric Do you know that he was found by Germanys Andreas Köpke on the street playing football in Togo? That's how he got the chance to play, but he was playing midfielder at that time and now he's number one in Togo.

He's a natural

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Originally posted by luisjb82 Puyol (Spain's heart)

Not agree with you , I think he played really bad against Tunisia.