My dream team

32 teams will fight for 2010 football world cup and FIFA will pick “Team of the tournament” after world cup. This is my dream team from participating nations. I picked players basing on many criterion like team’s progress, impact of player along with talent. We have to see how many of these players will be in FIFA dream team of 2010 world cup.

My dream World cup team:

Coach: Dunga (Fabio Capello narrowly missed)

Captain: Lucio

1. Goalkeeper:

Julio Cesar (Brazil): Penalties sometimes play crucial role in knockout games as in 2004 final.

2. Defenders:

Maicon: I like Dani Alves but Brazil coach’s first choice is Maicon.

Lucio: Brazil captain is an automatic choice.

Gerard Pique: Best defender as per castrol rankings. Consistent for Spain and Barcelona. Carles Puyol is a serious contender.

Ashley Cole: Best left back in world is an automatic choice.

3. Midfielders:

Kaka (Brazil): Despite his indifferent form for Real Madrid, he always plays well for Brazil. I have not picked Cristiano Ronaldo as I do not have big hopes on Portugal’s progress beyond second round.

Xavi (Spain): Visionary master, cool passer, match controller and you can call him with any name. Best and most consistent midfielder in world.

Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands): He is in terrific form for Inter Milan in Champions League. He may repeat it for Holland.

4. Attackers:

Lionel Messi (Argentina): How can I leave out my favourite footballer from dream team?

David Villa (Spain): Cool forward is a serious contender for golden boot.

Luis Fabiano (Brazil): He can score sensational goals and is most reliable like Villa.

Narrowly missed:

Iker Casillas (GK), Walter Samuel, Carles Puyol, John Terry, Arjen Robben, Angel Di Maria, Fabregas, Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard,