To the entity, James Rodríguez was the best player, and top scorers Neymar, Messi and Müller are not among the 11.
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With the end of the group stage of the World Cup, Fifa announced the top 11 players of the competition so far on their official website. The only representatives of the Brazilian national team among the 11 are defenders David Luiz and Thiago Silva. The best player of the tournament, according to the football association, it is Colombian James Rodríguez.
In attack, no Neymar, Messi or Thomas Müller, top scorers of the competition, all with four goals. Arjen Robben, with 9.62 points, is in attack with Benzema, who is rated 9.65. Neymar appears as the third best striker in the ranking, with 9.52, while Messi is fourth, with 9.45. Müller is not even among the top 6 player in the position.
The great surprise is the presence of midfielder Perisic, from Croatia, who, according to Fifa statistics, was the second best player of the group stage, with 9.74 points. He forms the midfield with Colombian James Rodríguez, Swiss Shaqiri and German Philipp Lahm.
To choose the team, Fifa took into account the score for each player based on all the technology available. With the tracking system in the athletes, the entity measures the action of each of them and determines the positive or negative impact to their team.
Through this system, experts have determined that midfielder James Rodriguez is the best in the competition so far, with 9.79 points. The 4-4-2 formation, the absence of side backs and the midfielders not obeying their original positioning were decided by the entity.
Goalkeeper:
Vincent Enyeama - Nigeria (9.35 points)
Defenders
David Luiz - Brazil (9.69 points)
Daniel van Buyten - Belgium (9.58 points)
Thiago Silva - Brazil (9.5 points)
Mamadou Sakho - France (9.47 points)
Midfielders
James Rodríguez - Colombia (9.79 points)
Ivan Perisic - Croatia (9.74 points)
Xherdan Shaqiri - Switzerland (9.55 points)
Philipp Lahm - Germany (9.33 points)
Forwards
Karim Benzema - France (9.65 points)
Arjen Robben - Netherlands (9.62 points)
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