Top 10 best players at the 2014 World Cup so far including Arsenal and Manchester United forwards ..finest players at the biggest football tournament. Its safe to say that World Cup fever has truly gripped the planets imagination in 2014 and there have already been some brilliant and surprising results. There have also been some fantastic individual performances and here are the 10 best players so far at the tournament in Brazil. 10. Tim Cahill, Australia Despite having been on the losing side twice and therefore having played his last game at the competition - Cahill is suspended for the final group game - the makeshift forward has been in fine form. The former Everton man has now scored at three World Cups and his two efforts this year have been fanastic, particularly the left-footed volley against Netherlands. 9. James Rodriguez, Colombia With Radamel Falcao out of the tournament with a cruciate ligament injury, a lot of the pressure of the nation has fallen on his AS Monaco teammate. Rodriguez didnt disappoint in the Colombians opener against Greece in which the attacker inspired his side to a 3-0 win in which the 22-year-old also scored. 8. Karim Benzema, France Its a similar story for the French, with their best player Franck Ribery ruled out of the competition before it had even started due to a back injury. Although the only game the nation has played was against the supposedly weak Honduras,Benzema netted twice and forced an own goal to complete a 3-0 victory. 7. Rafael Marquez, Mexico At 35-years-old this former Barcelona man has now captained his country at four World Cups and still looks as sharp as ever.The Mexicans have kept two clean-sheets - including an impressive effort against the hosts - and Marquez has marshaled the defence brilliantly. 6. Antonio Candreva, Italy The Italians got their tournament off to a winning start with a 2-1 victory over England and Candreva was dominant throughout. Down the right flank the Lazio winger caused all sorts of problems for the Three Lions and set up Mario Balotelli for the winner. 5. Joel Campbell, Costa Rica In one of the biggest shocks of the competition so far - bar Spains early exit - the Costa Ricans beat Uruguay 3-1 in their opener. Things were spearheaded by Arsenal youngster Campbell, with the 21-year-old scoring a fine goal in the defeat of the South Americans. 4. Alexis Sanchez, Chile The Chileans are through to the last-16 after victories over Australia and Spain and this Barca ace has been at the heart of that success. Sanchez scored in the 3-1 win over the Socceroos and was dominant once more against many of his club teammates in a 2-0 triumph over the Spanish. 3. Arjen Robben, Netherlands From the same group the Dutch are also through and this Bayern Munich winger has three goals already in the tournament. Robben recorded the fastest speed of any footballer to date in the 5-1 demolition of the Spaniards in their opener, as he dashed past Sergio Ramos and beat Iker Casillas. 2. Thomas Muller, Germany It was another dominant performance for the Germans in their potentially difficult first match against Portugal in a game they won 4-0.Muller netted a hat-trick in that game and at 24-years-old the Bayern man already has eight World Cup goals to his name. 1. Robin van Persie, Netherlands Top of the pile is another Dutchman and another who has three strikes in the competition so far and looks at the peak of his game. Van Persie endured a difficult year with Manchester United, but on the international stage is back to his scoring best.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 09:53:37 +0000
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