User blog:2Actimv/FIFA World Cup: Best players so far

We've already seen more than 50 matches on the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, so it's time to review what players have performed the best.

Goalkeepers
There are many goalkeepers who saved their national team in several matches. It's notable to say that the goalkeepers of the "less good" countries are usually ranked higher, since they have to stop more shots and have to catch more balls from out the air.

In our eyes Vincent Enyeama and Guillermo Ochoa have performed the best. Enyeama reached with Nigeria to the best 16 countries. They were beated by France on 30 June. Also Ochoa reached the round of 16 with Mexico and was beated by the players of the Netherlands.

Defenders
So far there have been a lot of defenders who stopped players who were going to shot on the goal. Especially the defenders of Brazil, Belgium and France can be proud on theirselves. Partly due good defending are these countries still in the tournament.

We think that David Luiz and Mats Hummels are the best central defenders on the world cup up to now. The best backs are Oscar Duarte and Marcelo. All these defenders of course defended excellent, but they also helped by scoring goals or made goals by theirselves.

Midfielders
A lot of midfielders have given crucial passes to the strikers, but midfielders are there not only for the crucial pass, they also help by defending and many other things.

We believe James Rodríguez has performed excellent so far. Therefore he'll be in our top 11 together with Philipp Lahm and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Forward
Many goals are scored and players are still making crucial goals for their national teams. But forwards have also given crucial passes and have made interceptions on the ball.

In our opinion Arjen Robben, Karim Benzema and Neymar are the players who have performed the best up to now. All three players have made goals which helped their team through the group stage and are still making goals, for example Neymar scored the last crucial penalty for Brazil in the match against Chile.