Big Question: Who are the World Cup Blog Readers’ XI?

May 5th, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

All this week you kids have played along with our little game to select the 11 names we will see on the all-tournament roster at the World Cup. A big thank you to everyone for participating and for casting your votes. We think you did a pretty good job and we’re even willing to overlook the submission of a few players who have retired from international football. We’ll make sure to compare the results when the actual tournament team is announced so we can tell you how smart you really are. For now, here is the World Cup XI.

All election results have been verified by a monitoring team from the United Nations and have been certified by the accounting firm of Kellett and Sons. Each player selected will receive a fake Rolex courtesy of the guy standing on my street corner.

Keeper: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy)

Defenders: Alessandro Nesta (Italy), John Terry (England), Carlos Puyol (Spain), Rafael Marquez (Mexico)

Midfielders: Ronaldinho (Brazil), Kaka (Brazil), Frank Lampard (England); Tie between Lionel Messi (Argentina) and Juan Roman Riquelme (Argentina)

Forwards: Thierry Henry (France), Andriy Schevchenko (Ukraine)

Tags: all tournament team, all-star team, world cup xi

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Comments

By Knut Karnapp | May 5th, 2006 at 1:01 am

I can´t believe Zidane isn´t in this team?! And obviously there is a very low german percantage of readers here no Ballack

Posted from Germany

By DT | May 5th, 2006 at 2:03 am

No defensive midfielders in this team. No full backs either.

Posted from Australia

By Euler | May 5th, 2006 at 2:18 am

I would like to see this team playing. Too bad Zidane, Adriano and Ronaldo didn’t make it.

By mightie | May 5th, 2006 at 2:40 am

what a team… good work everybody!

Posted from United Arab Emirates

By Ahmad | May 5th, 2006 at 4:25 am

If I was Abrahamovic I would buy this team

Posted from Lebanon

By Luis Paulo | May 5th, 2006 at 7:48 am

There is only central defenders. No RB or LB, hehe. There is no defensive midfielder too.

By Mont | May 5th, 2006 at 9:46 am

I don’t want to bitch or anything, but it would’ve been better to do it by position:

GK, CD (x2), LB, RB, DM, OM, LW, RW, F (x2)

… just my 2 cents

Posted from Mexico

By Nick | May 5th, 2006 at 7:03 pm

This is how the midfield should have looked like: Ronaldinho, makelele, Gerrard, Ballack. The forwards seem to be perfect.

Posted from United Kingdom

By nick | May 7th, 2006 at 3:28 am

Lampard? surely the most overated midfielder in the english premiership let alone the world. Only looks good because he never has to defend for Chelsea. His place in this team should’ve gone to Gerrard to provide balance as well as the fact that he is a way better player

Posted from Australia

By pinaki de | May 8th, 2006 at 10:20 am

hey the midfield without zidane? surely kidding. he still is a handfull.

Posted from India

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Posted from United States