2006 World Cup Team

Tyler Durden

Using any mix of players from any countries, what would be your best XI from their perfornances at World Cup 2006.

I've given mine down below -

Goalkeeper - Buffon (Italy)
Defender - Terry (England)
Defender - Vasquez (Mexico)
Defender - Zambrotta (Italy)
Defender - Lahm (Germany)
Midfield - Maniche (Portugal)
Midfield - Pirlo (Italy)
Midfield - Ribery (France)
Midfield - Zidane (France)
Forward - Torres (Spain)
Forward - Henry (France)

Kane!

GK - Lehman
D - Lahm
D - Cannavaro
D - Ferdinand
D - Gallas
M - Ribery
M - Zidane
M - Kaka
M - Requielme
A - Torres
A - Klose

Bench

Buffon, Zambrotta, Podolski, Messi, Swienstieger

The Phantom

GK - Buffon - (Italy)

DF - Sorin (Argentina)
DF - Zambrotta (Italy)
DF - Cannavaro (Italy)
DF - Lahm (Germany)

MF - Ribery (France)
MF - Hargreaves (England)
MF - Zidane (France)
MF - Rodrigez (Argentina)

ST - Klose (Germany)
ST - Polodski (Germany)

Tyler Durden

I'm shocked there is no Christiano in there!!

The Phantom

Ha ha, I had debated it... but I didn't want to antagonise you lot further. Hopefully he puts in a good performance tonight, and forces me into changing my line up.

He's on the bench though... so if penalties are needed he'd be sent on ;)

The Phantom

I thought this would tie in here. Here's Fifa's Squad of the tournament:

Fifa's World Cup squad of the tournament

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal)

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), John Terry (England), Lilian Thuram (France), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal)

Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Patrick Vieira (France), Zinedine Zidane (France), Michael Ballack (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy), Luis Figo (Portugal), Maniche (Portugal)

Strikers: Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Thierry Henry (France), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Francesco Totti (Italy), Luca Toni (Italy)

Not too many supprises there, although I would question the inclusions of Luca Toni and Francesco Totti. Lukas Polodski in my opinion has played better than those two.