It's over. A month of World Cup football and I must say, it's been fabulous. I thought I'd give my thoughts on the best eleven of the tournament. I know we're English and some of our players played well during the month, but I have not included any of them just because of the fact we haven't beaten a team of any note and our defence looks suspect.
I'm going 4-3-3
GK - Courtois
He had a good competition and was the outstanding goalie. Pickford was good although he had a few dodgy moments.
DR - Vrsaljko
Had a great tournament. Solid defensively and good in attack. Tore English left side apart. I really like him. Many say Trippier, but despite his delivery, he was not quite consistent enough for me.
DC - Godin
Best defender in the competition IMO.
DC - Varane
Cool, calm and collected. Fabulous defender and needed to be to cover Umtiti. Here I would say Harry Maguire is unlucky. For me he was our best player and not at fault for any goals we shipped. Aldo Mina was an option.
DL - Hernandez (probably)
Lack of decent left backs but he's probably the best. Augustinsson from Sweden was quite impressive too.
MC - Kante
Had a fabulous tournament until he got booked today.
MC - Modric
Creative and set the tempo for his team.
MC - Raktic
This was the most difficult one. KDB was disappointing. I also liked the look of Torreira but Raktic together with Modric gave Croatio their tempo.
RF - Mbappe
Need I explain? Pace, goals, creativity ....
CF - Cavani
Shame he got injured and that Uruguay were eliminated early.
LF - Hazard
Just his skill, pace and creativity. Should have been Neymar or Messi or Ronaldo, but they tanked!
My Team of the Tournament
posted on 15/7/18
Opinions are like arris holes, everyone’s got one!
posted on 15/7/18
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 3 minutes ago
Opinions are like arris holes, everyone’s got one!
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Fair enough!
posted on 15/7/18
Pogba?
posted on 15/7/18
comment by Erik (U21750)
posted 16 minutes ago
Pogba?
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Played a good pass and scored a goal = he’s sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!
posted on 15/7/18
Perisic, Trippier and Pickford
Trippier not consistent?
He scored a cracking free kick, took a crucial penalty and scored from it and he was making all the runs and making dangerous crossings in every game.
Perisic singlehandedly destroyed England and levelled Croatia in the final.
Pickford produced the save of the tournament, against Colombia.
You probably were watching love island at the time.
posted on 16/7/18
comment by KLS (U1695)
posted 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
comment by Erik (U21750)
posted 16 minutes ago
Pogba?
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Played a good pass and scored a goal = he’s sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!
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Well he did waaaaaay more than that.
posted on 16/7/18
He had a half decent world cup but plays in a very good side that are well balanced. Messi scored imo the best goal of the world cup. Yep he didn't shine but played in a team the had no direction whatsoever. They were a shambles.
That said don't ever compare Hazard to Messi ever again or you're getting slapped
posted on 16/7/18
comment by morespurs (U15748)
posted 7 hours, 6 minutes ago
Perisic, Trippier and Pickford
Trippier not consistent?
He scored a cracking free kick, took a crucial penalty and scored from it and he was making all the runs and making dangerous crossings in every game.
Perisic singlehandedly destroyed England and levelled Croatia in the final.
Pickford produced the save of the tournament, against Colombia.
You probably were watching love island at the time.
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Peresic I'll give you. Trippier has been ok but largely disappeared in the second half of every match. Courtois has been better than Pickford.