Tried to only pick one player from each country and not to let the semi and finals influence the thinking. This is what I have got. What's yours?
Team of the Tournament
I pretty much agree, but I'd have Hazard for Lukaku.
Hazard Ronaldo Messi
Cheryshev Modric Kante Inui
Varane Godin Mina
Courtois
ronaldo & messi? really?
the rest of them, though, i can get behind
Trippier has been excellent
The Croat keeper too
I mean, Kane probably hasn’t even been in the top 5 or 6 for England.
@lorddulaarsenal wrote:Trippier has been excellent
He has - certainly the best England player imo.
USArsenal wrote:ronaldo & messi? really?
Really.
I mean Ronaldo only scored a hat-trick against Spain and then followed it up with the winner in the next game; whereas Mbappe who will probably be in most people's teams had one awesome game against Argentina but has been average in his other games.
Messi was more borderline, was tempted to put in De Bruyne there for his performance against Brazil, but he has been fairly ordinary otherwise. Still though, nobody questions Modric's inclusion because his quality has shown through consistently. Messi's did in every game he played as well; though unlike Modric, he had a shower of absolute retards like Otamendi behind him.
Otamendi was amazing. Your team just scores to open up the game 3-4 with four minutes left, France look seriously wobbly and what do you do? Start a fight to completely kill any momentum your team had
Coutinho sucked the last couple of games, ball hog shot merchant who missed a huge chance to level vs. Belgium. Would turf him out.
SimplyThePest wrote:Coutinho sucked the last couple of games, ball hog shot merchant who missed a huge chance to level vs. Belgium. Would turf him out.
I'd have called it an unforgivable miss, but he'd just played the cross (twas a peach) to help them get a goal closer.
SimplyThePest wrote:Coutinho sucked the last couple of games, ball hog shot merchant who missed a huge chance to level vs. Belgium. Would turf him out.
Who would you pick in his place?
Pickford
Mina
Godin
Granquist
Trippier
Modric
Isco
De Bruyne
Hazard
Lukaku
Mbappe
MVP so far: Hazard
only tough pick is Mbappe vs Inui
Isco? Wow.
yeah, i wouldnt have him anywhere near the TOTT.. no one in the Spanish side would get near it..
Isco was absolutely great for Spain, pretty much carried them every match.
well, they won 1 game in the tournament (1-0.... v. Iran), so that isnt telling me much of anything..
It shouldn't tell you much of anything either, because you shouldn't base your opinions on that. Players can play brilliantly and lose, because it's a team game.
He was the cream of curdled milk, pass.
Pickford
Pavard Godin Varane
Trippier Modrić Kanté Hazard
Mbappé Kane Cheryshev