On air: Who have been the best players from each continent?
Post categories: World Cup 2010, World Cup Have Your Say
| 06:32 UK time, Tuesday, 6 July 2010
This topic was discussed on World Cup Have Your Say on 6 July 2010. Listen to the programme.
Fans from countries around the world may remember the mid-1990s Fantasy Football phenomenon.
Groups of people set up mini leagues, and selected the players they thought would win most points throughout a season by scoring the most goals, keeping clean sheets and so on. Many newspapers still run similar competitions.
So we thought we'd give it a go on World Cup Have Your Say. We asked four pundits representing Africa, the Americas, Europe and Asia/Oceania, to select a team using any World Cup player from their region that they think would win out against the others.
Our pundits' XI:
Kawashma (Japan)
Lahm (Germany)
Da Silva (Portugal)
Juan (Brazil)
Belhadj (Algeria)
Muller (Germany)
Sneijder (Netherlands)
Schweinsteiger (Germany)
Annan (Ghana)
Villa (Spain)
Forlan (Uruguay)
But we'd also like your picks. Would a team featuring Schweinsteiger, Sneijder and Villa beat a side starring Kaka, Suarez and Messi? What about the best 11 who represented Africa at the World Cup - how many Ghanaians would you put in?
And what about overall? Fifa will eventually select their team of the tournament - but who would be your picks?
Comment number 1.
At 10:05 6th Jul 2010, Scliu wrote:How about the dream team by continent.
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Comment number 2.
At 11:11 6th Jul 2010, SleepingSpurs wrote:GK - Neuer (GER)
LB - Coentrao (POR)
CB - Lugano (URU)
CB - Lucio (BRA)
RB - Lahm (GER)
MF - Schweinsteiger (GER)
MF - Sneijder (HOL)
MF - Robben (HOL)
MF - Xavi (SPA)
FW - Forlan (URU)
FW - Villa (SPA)
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Comment number 3.
At 12:55 6th Jul 2010, Aubrey Willie wrote:From each continent, I think the best players have been.
From Asia/Oceania....Kieshu Honda(Japan), JiSung Park(S. Korea)
Kawashima(Japan), Lee(S. Korea)
From Africa..........Kelvin Prince Boateng(Ghana), Behjadj(Algeria),
Vencent Eyinma(Nigeria), Anthony Ayew(Ghana),
Asomoah Gyan(Ghana), Ngomi(Cameroon), A. Ayew(Ghana)
K.Asomoah(Ghana)
The Americas.........Lucio(Brazil),Sanchez(Chile),Forlon(Uraguay),
Fabiano(Brazil),Hegiuan(Argentina),Tevez(Argentina)
Robihno(Brazil)
Barrera(Mexico),Donovan(USA),Bob Bardley(USA)
Dempsey(USA), Hernadez(Mexico),Sucido(Mexico)
From Europe..........Villa(Spain),Sneijder(Netherlands)Muiller, Klose
Schweinsteiger, Ozit, Lahm, Khedira,Podolski, and do
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Comment number 4.
At 13:53 6th Jul 2010, Ibrahim in UK wrote:In a world cup dominated by teamwork and organisation instead of stars, it's hard to choose individual players.
Stekelenburg (HOL)
Lahm (GER)
Morel (PAR) - or Ramos (SPA) for Europe
DiMichelis (ARG) - or Puyol (SPA) for Europe
Lucio (BRA) - or Pique (SPA) for Europe
Mascherano (ARG) - or De Jong (HOL) for Europe
Scweinsteiger (GER)
Mueller (GER)
Schneider (HOL)
Villa (SPA)
Hesk ... I mean Suarez (URU) - or Klose (GER) for Europe
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Comment number 5.
At 01:49 7th Jul 2010, dennisjunior1 wrote:Ben~~
I think that Donovan from the United States was the best player.....
{D}
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Comment number 6.
At 05:49 7th Jul 2010, RubensSchumacher wrote:well i dont think that this world cup is not dominated by stars. the south american teams dropped out like 4 years ago but they still managed to go far. Sneijder,Schweinsteiger,Robben,Lahm,Klose,Van Persie,Van der Vaart,Van Bommel,Villa,Xavi,Iniesta are still there! so u cant say this World Cup has no stars.
Team Europe definately has: Casillas,Lahm,Mertesacker.Puyol,Ramos,Schweinsteiger,Sneijder,Robben,Muller,Klose,Villa
Anybody noticed that players from Bayern Munich and Inter Mailand dominated this World Cup, you can find them in Holland and German national team.
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Comment number 7.
At 18:05 7th Jul 2010, Elias wrote:The players who scored the most goals are the best players.
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