BEST PLAYER: MESUT OZEIL
Yes, I know Diego Forlan won the Golden Ball award and in the eyes of most he was the best player as he brought his unfancied Uruguay side to the semi-finals, but for me it has to be Ozeil.
I have to admit, I had never heard of him before the tournament, but isn't this what the World Cup is all about, creating stars.
The young German played some superb football over the last month and was at the heart of a side that didn't have an awful lot of experience. His maturity with so little International football behind him is what made him my player of the Tournamnet. He just shaded Forlan in my view.
BEST GOAL: LUIS SUAREZ (vs. SOUTH KOREA)
This was a tough one to pick. There wasn't a lot of great goals at World Cup 2010, but the best ones certainly stood out.
My shortlist was Tevez, Van Bronckhorst and Suarez. Even though I liked Tshabalala's opener for South Africa on the first day, I considered that more of a good moment.
What swung me towards Suarez's goal was the precision of the strike. When you look at Van Bronckhorst's and Tevez goals they had the potential to go way off target. Don't get me wrong, they were awesome strikes but I've always been a bigger fan of placement and Suarez's curler was superb and is my favourite goal of World Cup 2010.
BEST MATCH: GHANA vs. URUGUAY
This was the best game of the tournament simply for the drama, oh and the goals weren't half bad either.
It was Ghana's first ever World Cup quarter-final and many thought they genuinely had a chance to be the first African team to reach the last four.
We all know what happened and how they were denied a last gasp goal, it was truly heartbreaking. The Suarez handball and Gyan hitting the crossbar will be one of them World Cup moments that will live on for generations.
Honourable mentions would go to: USA vs. Slovenia, Uruguay vs. Holland and the last 20 minutes of Slovakia vs. Italy!
Before I name my team of the tournament, I'l go through a few other of my favourite moments etc... (these are like the awards for special effects and make-up you'd see at the Oscars, but they get any T.V time!)
Favourite Celebration: South Africa's synchronized dancing vs. Mexico
Funniest Moment: Anytime the camera was on Diego Maradona
Best Performance: Germany beating Argentina 4-0. Hands down.
Worst Performance: England's pathetic effort against Algeria.
Worst Player: The entire French team.
Neutral's favourite team: Has to be Ghana.
Biggest Shock: New Zealand to be the only unbeaten team at World Cup 2010.
Worst Team: I know they won a game, but I hate Greece. their sooo boring. England and France would be there too.
One thing I will miss: 3 games of football on a weekday.
One thing I won't miss: Them Bleedy Vuvuzela's!
Ok, so I got all that stuff out of the way, now here's my TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT:
1. Iker Casillas (SPA)
2. Maicon (BRA)
3. Fabio Coentrao (POR)
4. Gerrard Pique (SPA)
5. Diego Lugano (URU)
6. Mesut Ozeil (GER)
7. Xavi (SPA)
8. Wesley Sneijder (HOL)
9. Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER)
10. Diego Forlan (URU)
11. David Villa (SPA)
Subs:
Samir Handanovic (SLV)
Phillip Lahm (GER)
Lucio (BRA)
Andres Iniesta (SPA)
Thomas Mueller (GER)
Let me know what ye think!
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