in a 4-2-3-1 formation with no more than 2 from each team:

kingson
maicon, lucio, carvalho, coentrao
schweinsteiger, annan
villa, özil, messi
forlan

Forlan, Suarez, Fabiano
Özil, Xavi Alonso, Robben
Salcido, Lucio, Mertesacker, Sergio Ramos
Eduardo

4/3-3/5-3/5 with Alonso going box to box and everyone else:
Attack, attack, attack!

I never rated Sergio Ramos at Real but he has looked terrific.

Benched for being 3 from the same team: Klose, Villa

After ‘Henry Gate’ in the qualifiers, I’m taking the moral highground and naming an Irish player in my team. In the interests of boosting my team’s entertainment/comedy quotient I’m also selecting John Terry.

Given
Maicon, Mertesacker, Terry, Lahm
Mascherano, Alonso (shame on you Benitez for breaking up this partnership at Liverpool)
Messi, Ozil, Villa
Higuain

Like Rodney and Stefan, I too was impressed with Fábio Coentrão, the 22-year-old Benfica/Portugal left back. I watched him handle Maicon last week and last night did reasonably well against the formidable Spanish front line.

I like the 4-3-2-1.

Julio Cesar
Maicon, Lucio, Pique, Coentrão,
Mascherano, Sneijder, Ayew
Messi, Ozil,
Forlan

Sorry Peter, no Italians made it.

4-3-3 for me, Bielsa-style.

Enyeama

Maicon, Carvalho, Skrtel, Tanaka

Mascherano, Dos Santos, Iniesta

Messi, Villa, Müller

Kingson
Salcido, Mertesacker, Juan, Maicon
Kuyt, Xabi Alonso, Oezil
Villa, Messi
Higuain

There have been several stars who have done well, such as Xavi, Villa, Sneijder, and Messi, but I am impressed by lesser known players who have shown that they can rise ro rthe occassion and especially goalie Vincent Enyeama of Nigeria and Ozil of Germany. I would also like to include someone from Paraguay.
What about a coach? Domenech? But first we will have to check his astrological charts to see if it is a good time. He is an Aquarius and dislikes Scorpios which means he would have not selected Van Basten and Van der Sar.
Alon

What about an all-worst WC team….?
And all we do is combine England, Italy and France…..Domenech to coach, Berlusconi as team manager, Rooney as captain, Evra as spokesman and Terry as WAG liason officer.

As per Rodney’s suggestion, here’s a World Cup Worst 11 using England, Italy and France players:

Green
Evra, Cannavaro, Terry, Zambrotta,
De Rossi, Toulalan, Diaby, Lampard
Rooney, Gilardino

Coach: Domenech

4-4-1-1

—-Enyeama—-

Maicon——–Carvalho——Lucio——-Lahm

Ozil———–Xabi Alonso—Mascherano—–Robben

———————————————–David Villa—–
—————————Higuaín—————————-

Bench: Lugano, Honda, Sneijder, Bradley, Forlan

Paston
Maicon, Pique, Lucio, Von Bronkhorst
Moeller, Van Bommel, Sneijder
Messi
Villa, Luis Fabiano
Coach: Tabarez
Subs:
Muslera, Carvalho, Mascherano, Bradley, Gyan

Notes:
Cesar would be my keeper – if he’d had much to do.
Moeller – not as sexy as Ozil, but 3 goals and 3 assists
Van Bommel – more tackles at this World cup than anyone

Trust Bolla to suggest a worst team!

Here goes:
Green
Cha Jong-Hyok, Cannavaro, Terry, Moore
Enoh, Makoun, Modise
Gouvou, Heskey, Gilardino
Coach: Domenech; asst. coach: Le Guen

Hey Peter and all,
Just back in the states, and some names for top 11 come to mind; these are all pre-1/4 final.
Keeper: Kinston
Defenders: gotta play as a unit, so it’s gotta be Uruguay’s back four, all together (That’s primarily Lugano, with a varying combo of Victorino, Arevalo, Fucile, Pereira)
Put Alonso in front of them.
Donovan, Forlan, Messi, Villa, Robben

Honorable mentions galore: Kuyt, Snjeder, Tevez, Mascherano, Klose, Ramos, Honda, Coentrao, Skrtel, Lahm,
(hope my spellings are all good).

Kingson, sorry

Enyeama, Maicon, Lugano, Mensah, Lahm, van Bommel, Schweinstiger,Alonso , Sneijder,Forlan, Villa…notable mentions: Muller, Ozil, Kuyt, Busquets, Ramos,