World Cup All-Stars 1.0

By Peter Alegi | June 29th, 2010 | 16 Comments

With two days off before the quarterfinals, it’s an opportune time to take stock of the top performers of South Africa 2010 so far. The team lines up in the widely used 4-3-2-1 ‘Christmas tree’ formation with no more than two players from one nation. Here are my picks:

Julio Cesar
Salcido, Mertesacker, Pique, Maicon
Kuyt, Mascherano, Oezil
Villa, Messi
Suarez

Honorable mention: Sneijder, Forlan, and Gyan