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Player Of The Tournament
1) Ronaldo An outstanding player at the top of his game, no one did more to bring the big trophy back to Brazil than the toothsome striker. Eight goals in seven games speaks for itself, though we're not quite sure where he's going with that hairdo.
2) Hasan Sas Skilful, inspirational, combative and composed; the driving force behind Turkey's unexpected run to the semis. Also of unexpected comedy value with John Motson referring to him as "Hashan Shash" at every opportunity.
3) Rio Ferdinand Came into the tournament as a promising youngster, left it as one of the best defenders in the world. Made some of the finest forward talent on the planet look distinctly ordinary - and his critics look very, very stupid.
Team Of The Tournament
1) South Korea Be honest – who really thought that the Koreans would play any significant role in the tournament other than that of gracious hosts? Instead, we got great football, some heart-stopping moments of drama and the unexpected bonus of much-fancied Italy being dumped on their ar$e. Hats off!
2) Brazil They play the game as it's supposed to be played (Rivaldo's diving antics excepted) and are top boys again as a result. See, there is some justice in the world after all.
3) Senegal Showed flashes of such brilliance that we actually started to believe an African team might actually go all the way after brushing aside the over-complacent French.
Worst Team Of The Tournament
1) Saudi Arabia Looked like a pub team in their opening match against Germany. Worse still, they made Rudi Voller's men look like World Champions. Which, er, they nearly were.
2) France Three games, no wins, no goals. Heh.
3) Slovenia In total turmoil off the pitch from day one, and it showed.
Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the goalie. With his eyes shut.
2) Francesco Totti Dribbled past ten men before slotting the ball past the goalie. Shame it was only a TV advert. Mind you, he can read e-mails from Emile Heskey in his car, you know…
3) Hakan Sukur A striker that doesn't score goals. How novel.
Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
1) France No further comment required.
2) Italy Ditto.
3) Portugal No room for Argentina. Sorry.
Match Of The Tournament
1) South Korea 2 Italy 1 Impartial observers everywhere downed tools and made their way to the nearest TV screen when they heard that Italy, whose passage through to the latter stages of the tournament was pretty much a given after a favourable draw, could be on their way out in the second round. They weren't disappointed. Some of the worst finishing ever seen and a golden goal later, it was buona notte Italia.
2) England 1 Argentina 0 Indulge us.
3) Senegal 3 Uruguay 3 A draw against the South Americans was all Bruno Metsu's men needed to see them through to the second round, and after racing to a 3-0 half-time lead they had it in the bag. But Uruguay stormed back in the second half and could have won it had Richard Morales not fluffed an easy chance in injury time.
Goal Of The Tournament
1) Dario Rodriguez (Uruguay v Denmark) Denmark clear an Alvaro Recoba corner only as far as Pablo Garcia. He controls the ball with his thigh and knocks it square to Rodriguez, who lets fly from 20 yards with a left-foot volley. The ball rockets into the top corner of the Danish goal. It hasn't touched the ground since the corner.
2) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish keeper.
3) Diego Forlan (Senegal v Uruguay) A stunning right-footed volley from twenty yards. See, Manchester United fans, he does score goals! Just not for you…
Moment Of The Tournament
1) Just as he is about to be handed the World Cup Trophy by Sepp Blatter, Cafu clambers on top of the narrow pedestal from behind which the portly FIFA boss is congratulating the winners. Blatter, clearly embarrassed, is left clinging to the makeshift stage to try and stop it toppling over while the Brazilian skipper holds aloft the big prize, gloriously unaware of the hilarious scene below him.
2) Ahn Jung-hwan scores the golden goal that knocks Italy out of the World Cup and the planet erupts in sarcastic joy. All except for a certain boot-shaped country in southern Europe, that is…
3=) David Beckham's penalty against Argentina. Brave boy; crucial goal.
3=) Mick McCarthy's jaw-dropping double-take as Robbie Keane equalises against Germany.
Best Pundit Of The Tournament
Alan Hansen Laid-back, incisive, insightful – everything we have come to expect from the great man. Some say his "F*****g Krauts" outburst took the shine off his otherwise impeccable performances. We thought it was f*****g hilarious.
Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV thinking?
Best Commentator Of The Tournament
Clive Tyldesley Has created a style all of his own since taking over from the late, great Brian Moore. It's a style we like, just as long as the match doesn't involve his beloved Manchester United….
Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
John Motson Even forgetting his peculiar obsession with the nation's eating habits, Motty had a poor World Cup. Sounded increasingly like someone doing a particular poor impression of him as the tournament progressed.
Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
1) Christian Ziege Take a 'do that even David Beckham has discarded as too outlandish and team it up with a face that could turn milk sour. At what point did this seem like a good idea, Chris?
2) Ronaldo Looked, as one Football365 reader put it, like he had a female 'part' on his head.
3) David Beckham Down came the rain, and football's most stylish man is turned into a Pepe-Le-Peu lookalike.
Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
Roy Keane
Football365's World Cup XI
Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey), Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
All taken from Football365
1) Ronaldo An outstanding player at the top of his game, no one did more to bring the big trophy back to Brazil than the toothsome striker. Eight goals in seven games speaks for itself, though we're not quite sure where he's going with that hairdo.
2) Hasan Sas Skilful, inspirational, combative and composed; the driving force behind Turkey's unexpected run to the semis. Also of unexpected comedy value with John Motson referring to him as "Hashan Shash" at every opportunity.
3) Rio Ferdinand Came into the tournament as a promising youngster, left it as one of the best defenders in the world. Made some of the finest forward talent on the planet look distinctly ordinary - and his critics look very, very stupid.
Team Of The Tournament
1) South Korea Be honest – who really thought that the Koreans would play any significant role in the tournament other than that of gracious hosts? Instead, we got great football, some heart-stopping moments of drama and the unexpected bonus of much-fancied Italy being dumped on their ar$e. Hats off!
2) Brazil They play the game as it's supposed to be played (Rivaldo's diving antics excepted) and are top boys again as a result. See, there is some justice in the world after all.
3) Senegal Showed flashes of such brilliance that we actually started to believe an African team might actually go all the way after brushing aside the over-complacent French.
Worst Team Of The Tournament
1) Saudi Arabia Looked like a pub team in their opening match against Germany. Worse still, they made Rudi Voller's men look like World Champions. Which, er, they nearly were.
2) France Three games, no wins, no goals. Heh.
3) Slovenia In total turmoil off the pitch from day one, and it showed.
Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the goalie. With his eyes shut.
2) Francesco Totti Dribbled past ten men before slotting the ball past the goalie. Shame it was only a TV advert. Mind you, he can read e-mails from Emile Heskey in his car, you know…
3) Hakan Sukur A striker that doesn't score goals. How novel.
Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
1) France No further comment required.
2) Italy Ditto.
3) Portugal No room for Argentina. Sorry.
Match Of The Tournament
1) South Korea 2 Italy 1 Impartial observers everywhere downed tools and made their way to the nearest TV screen when they heard that Italy, whose passage through to the latter stages of the tournament was pretty much a given after a favourable draw, could be on their way out in the second round. They weren't disappointed. Some of the worst finishing ever seen and a golden goal later, it was buona notte Italia.
2) England 1 Argentina 0 Indulge us.
3) Senegal 3 Uruguay 3 A draw against the South Americans was all Bruno Metsu's men needed to see them through to the second round, and after racing to a 3-0 half-time lead they had it in the bag. But Uruguay stormed back in the second half and could have won it had Richard Morales not fluffed an easy chance in injury time.
Goal Of The Tournament
1) Dario Rodriguez (Uruguay v Denmark) Denmark clear an Alvaro Recoba corner only as far as Pablo Garcia. He controls the ball with his thigh and knocks it square to Rodriguez, who lets fly from 20 yards with a left-foot volley. The ball rockets into the top corner of the Danish goal. It hasn't touched the ground since the corner.
2) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish keeper.
3) Diego Forlan (Senegal v Uruguay) A stunning right-footed volley from twenty yards. See, Manchester United fans, he does score goals! Just not for you…
Moment Of The Tournament
1) Just as he is about to be handed the World Cup Trophy by Sepp Blatter, Cafu clambers on top of the narrow pedestal from behind which the portly FIFA boss is congratulating the winners. Blatter, clearly embarrassed, is left clinging to the makeshift stage to try and stop it toppling over while the Brazilian skipper holds aloft the big prize, gloriously unaware of the hilarious scene below him.
2) Ahn Jung-hwan scores the golden goal that knocks Italy out of the World Cup and the planet erupts in sarcastic joy. All except for a certain boot-shaped country in southern Europe, that is…
3=) David Beckham's penalty against Argentina. Brave boy; crucial goal.
3=) Mick McCarthy's jaw-dropping double-take as Robbie Keane equalises against Germany.
Best Pundit Of The Tournament
Alan Hansen Laid-back, incisive, insightful – everything we have come to expect from the great man. Some say his "F*****g Krauts" outburst took the shine off his otherwise impeccable performances. We thought it was f*****g hilarious.
Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV thinking?
Best Commentator Of The Tournament
Clive Tyldesley Has created a style all of his own since taking over from the late, great Brian Moore. It's a style we like, just as long as the match doesn't involve his beloved Manchester United….
Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
John Motson Even forgetting his peculiar obsession with the nation's eating habits, Motty had a poor World Cup. Sounded increasingly like someone doing a particular poor impression of him as the tournament progressed.
Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
1) Christian Ziege Take a 'do that even David Beckham has discarded as too outlandish and team it up with a face that could turn milk sour. At what point did this seem like a good idea, Chris?
2) Ronaldo Looked, as one Football365 reader put it, like he had a female 'part' on his head.
3) David Beckham Down came the rain, and football's most stylish man is turned into a Pepe-Le-Peu lookalike.
Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
Roy Keane
Football365's World Cup XI
Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey), Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
All taken from Football365
Rakuga wrote:
> Where's Oliver Kahn? That's all I have to say..
Weird...they put Kahn as player of the tourny but put rustu ahead of him in the allstar team...hmmmmm
> Where's Oliver Kahn? That's all I have to say..
Weird...they put Kahn as player of the tourny but put rustu ahead of him in the allstar team...hmmmmm
> Player Of The Tournament
> 1) No, Oliver Kahn not Ronaldo, was an amazing goalkeeper who kept the Germans in the tournament all the way till the finals.
>
> Team Of The Tournament
> 1) South Korea. Yep.
>
> Worst Team Of The Tournament
> 1) Saudi Arabia. Yep.
> Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
> 1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of
> his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles
> slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the
> goalie. With his eyes shut.
Yeh probably, and Sukur was not too impressive...
>
>
> Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
> 1) France. Yep. And of course all the others...
>
> Match Of The Tournament
> 1) South Korea 2 Italy 1. Nope, 3rd/4th playoff, Turkey 3 South Korea 2. Amazing gane.
> Goal Of The Tournament
> 1) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own
> area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou
> Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the
> box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish
> keeper.
This was my favourite, prefered it to the Uruguay/Senegal ones... absolutely class foreplay, resulting in a great goal.
>
> Moment Of The Tournament
> 1) Didn't see most of those moments, but I loved each moment the Republic of Ireland kept themselves in the Germany/Spain games.
>
>
> Best Pundit Of The Tournament
> Don't care too be honest :) I watched BBC1 though instead of ITV
>
> Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
> Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV
> thinking? Yep, agree with that though...
>
>
> Best Commentator Of The Tournament
> Only watched BBC whenever I could.
>
>
> Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
> Yeh Motty irritated me, always talking about how it was lunchtime or breakfast. Think he's gone senile.
>
>
> Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
> Same I guess
>
> Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
> Roy Keane - without a doubt.
>
>
> Football365's World Cup XI
> Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo
> (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey),
> Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
Where's Oliver Kahn? That's all I have to say..
> 1) No, Oliver Kahn not Ronaldo, was an amazing goalkeeper who kept the Germans in the tournament all the way till the finals.
>
> Team Of The Tournament
> 1) South Korea. Yep.
>
> Worst Team Of The Tournament
> 1) Saudi Arabia. Yep.
> Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
> 1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of
> his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles
> slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the
> goalie. With his eyes shut.
Yeh probably, and Sukur was not too impressive...
>
>
> Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
> 1) France. Yep. And of course all the others...
>
> Match Of The Tournament
> 1) South Korea 2 Italy 1. Nope, 3rd/4th playoff, Turkey 3 South Korea 2. Amazing gane.
> Goal Of The Tournament
> 1) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own
> area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou
> Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the
> box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish
> keeper.
This was my favourite, prefered it to the Uruguay/Senegal ones... absolutely class foreplay, resulting in a great goal.
>
> Moment Of The Tournament
> 1) Didn't see most of those moments, but I loved each moment the Republic of Ireland kept themselves in the Germany/Spain games.
>
>
> Best Pundit Of The Tournament
> Don't care too be honest :) I watched BBC1 though instead of ITV
>
> Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
> Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV
> thinking? Yep, agree with that though...
>
>
> Best Commentator Of The Tournament
> Only watched BBC whenever I could.
>
>
> Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
> Yeh Motty irritated me, always talking about how it was lunchtime or breakfast. Think he's gone senile.
>
>
> Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
> Same I guess
>
> Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
> Roy Keane - without a doubt.
>
>
> Football365's World Cup XI
> Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo
> (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey),
> Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
Where's Oliver Kahn? That's all I have to say..
Player Of The Tournament
1) Ronaldo An outstanding player at the top of his game, no one did more to bring the big trophy back to Brazil than the toothsome striker. Eight goals in seven games speaks for itself, though we're not quite sure where he's going with that hairdo.
2) Hasan Sas Skilful, inspirational, combative and composed; the driving force behind Turkey's unexpected run to the semis. Also of unexpected comedy value with John Motson referring to him as "Hashan Shash" at every opportunity.
3) Rio Ferdinand Came into the tournament as a promising youngster, left it as one of the best defenders in the world. Made some of the finest forward talent on the planet look distinctly ordinary - and his critics look very, very stupid.
Team Of The Tournament
1) South Korea Be honest – who really thought that the Koreans would play any significant role in the tournament other than that of gracious hosts? Instead, we got great football, some heart-stopping moments of drama and the unexpected bonus of much-fancied Italy being dumped on their ar$e. Hats off!
2) Brazil They play the game as it's supposed to be played (Rivaldo's diving antics excepted) and are top boys again as a result. See, there is some justice in the world after all.
3) Senegal Showed flashes of such brilliance that we actually started to believe an African team might actually go all the way after brushing aside the over-complacent French.
Worst Team Of The Tournament
1) Saudi Arabia Looked like a pub team in their opening match against Germany. Worse still, they made Rudi Voller's men look like World Champions. Which, er, they nearly were.
2) France Three games, no wins, no goals. Heh.
3) Slovenia In total turmoil off the pitch from day one, and it showed.
Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the goalie. With his eyes shut.
2) Francesco Totti Dribbled past ten men before slotting the ball past the goalie. Shame it was only a TV advert. Mind you, he can read e-mails from Emile Heskey in his car, you know…
3) Hakan Sukur A striker that doesn't score goals. How novel.
Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
1) France No further comment required.
2) Italy Ditto.
3) Portugal No room for Argentina. Sorry.
Match Of The Tournament
1) South Korea 2 Italy 1 Impartial observers everywhere downed tools and made their way to the nearest TV screen when they heard that Italy, whose passage through to the latter stages of the tournament was pretty much a given after a favourable draw, could be on their way out in the second round. They weren't disappointed. Some of the worst finishing ever seen and a golden goal later, it was buona notte Italia.
2) England 1 Argentina 0 Indulge us.
3) Senegal 3 Uruguay 3 A draw against the South Americans was all Bruno Metsu's men needed to see them through to the second round, and after racing to a 3-0 half-time lead they had it in the bag. But Uruguay stormed back in the second half and could have won it had Richard Morales not fluffed an easy chance in injury time.
Goal Of The Tournament
1) Dario Rodriguez (Uruguay v Denmark) Denmark clear an Alvaro Recoba corner only as far as Pablo Garcia. He controls the ball with his thigh and knocks it square to Rodriguez, who lets fly from 20 yards with a left-foot volley. The ball rockets into the top corner of the Danish goal. It hasn't touched the ground since the corner.
2) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish keeper.
3) Diego Forlan (Senegal v Uruguay) A stunning right-footed volley from twenty yards. See, Manchester United fans, he does score goals! Just not for you…
Moment Of The Tournament
1) Just as he is about to be handed the World Cup Trophy by Sepp Blatter, Cafu clambers on top of the narrow pedestal from behind which the portly FIFA boss is congratulating the winners. Blatter, clearly embarrassed, is left clinging to the makeshift stage to try and stop it toppling over while the Brazilian skipper holds aloft the big prize, gloriously unaware of the hilarious scene below him.
2) Ahn Jung-hwan scores the golden goal that knocks Italy out of the World Cup and the planet erupts in sarcastic joy. All except for a certain boot-shaped country in southern Europe, that is…
3=) David Beckham's penalty against Argentina. Brave boy; crucial goal.
3=) Mick McCarthy's jaw-dropping double-take as Robbie Keane equalises against Germany.
Best Pundit Of The Tournament
Alan Hansen Laid-back, incisive, insightful – everything we have come to expect from the great man. Some say his "F*****g Krauts" outburst took the shine off his otherwise impeccable performances. We thought it was f*****g hilarious.
Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV thinking?
Best Commentator Of The Tournament
Clive Tyldesley Has created a style all of his own since taking over from the late, great Brian Moore. It's a style we like, just as long as the match doesn't involve his beloved Manchester United….
Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
John Motson Even forgetting his peculiar obsession with the nation's eating habits, Motty had a poor World Cup. Sounded increasingly like someone doing a particular poor impression of him as the tournament progressed.
Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
1) Christian Ziege Take a 'do that even David Beckham has discarded as too outlandish and team it up with a face that could turn milk sour. At what point did this seem like a good idea, Chris?
2) Ronaldo Looked, as one Football365 reader put it, like he had a female 'part' on his head.
3) David Beckham Down came the rain, and football's most stylish man is turned into a Pepe-Le-Peu lookalike.
Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
Roy Keane
Football365's World Cup XI
Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey), Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
All taken from Football365
1) Ronaldo An outstanding player at the top of his game, no one did more to bring the big trophy back to Brazil than the toothsome striker. Eight goals in seven games speaks for itself, though we're not quite sure where he's going with that hairdo.
2) Hasan Sas Skilful, inspirational, combative and composed; the driving force behind Turkey's unexpected run to the semis. Also of unexpected comedy value with John Motson referring to him as "Hashan Shash" at every opportunity.
3) Rio Ferdinand Came into the tournament as a promising youngster, left it as one of the best defenders in the world. Made some of the finest forward talent on the planet look distinctly ordinary - and his critics look very, very stupid.
Team Of The Tournament
1) South Korea Be honest – who really thought that the Koreans would play any significant role in the tournament other than that of gracious hosts? Instead, we got great football, some heart-stopping moments of drama and the unexpected bonus of much-fancied Italy being dumped on their ar$e. Hats off!
2) Brazil They play the game as it's supposed to be played (Rivaldo's diving antics excepted) and are top boys again as a result. See, there is some justice in the world after all.
3) Senegal Showed flashes of such brilliance that we actually started to believe an African team might actually go all the way after brushing aside the over-complacent French.
Worst Team Of The Tournament
1) Saudi Arabia Looked like a pub team in their opening match against Germany. Worse still, they made Rudi Voller's men look like World Champions. Which, er, they nearly were.
2) France Three games, no wins, no goals. Heh.
3) Slovenia In total turmoil off the pitch from day one, and it showed.
Most Overrated Player Of The Tournament
1) Roberto Carlos "And Roberto Carlos is shaping up for one of his trademark free-kicks!" screams Motty/Tyldo. The ball bobbles slowly along the ground before being scooped up, one-handed, by the goalie. With his eyes shut.
2) Francesco Totti Dribbled past ten men before slotting the ball past the goalie. Shame it was only a TV advert. Mind you, he can read e-mails from Emile Heskey in his car, you know…
3) Hakan Sukur A striker that doesn't score goals. How novel.
Most Overrated Team Of The Tournament
1) France No further comment required.
2) Italy Ditto.
3) Portugal No room for Argentina. Sorry.
Match Of The Tournament
1) South Korea 2 Italy 1 Impartial observers everywhere downed tools and made their way to the nearest TV screen when they heard that Italy, whose passage through to the latter stages of the tournament was pretty much a given after a favourable draw, could be on their way out in the second round. They weren't disappointed. Some of the worst finishing ever seen and a golden goal later, it was buona notte Italia.
2) England 1 Argentina 0 Indulge us.
3) Senegal 3 Uruguay 3 A draw against the South Americans was all Bruno Metsu's men needed to see them through to the second round, and after racing to a 3-0 half-time lead they had it in the bag. But Uruguay stormed back in the second half and could have won it had Richard Morales not fluffed an easy chance in injury time.
Goal Of The Tournament
1) Dario Rodriguez (Uruguay v Denmark) Denmark clear an Alvaro Recoba corner only as far as Pablo Garcia. He controls the ball with his thigh and knocks it square to Rodriguez, who lets fly from 20 yards with a left-foot volley. The ball rockets into the top corner of the Danish goal. It hasn't touched the ground since the corner.
2) Salif Diao (Senegal v Denmark) El Hadji Diouf surges out of his own area and finds Salif Diao. He knocks it on straight away to Khalilou Fadiga to continue the flowing move. It ends with Diao racing into the box to receive the return and clipping it deftly past the Danish keeper.
3) Diego Forlan (Senegal v Uruguay) A stunning right-footed volley from twenty yards. See, Manchester United fans, he does score goals! Just not for you…
Moment Of The Tournament
1) Just as he is about to be handed the World Cup Trophy by Sepp Blatter, Cafu clambers on top of the narrow pedestal from behind which the portly FIFA boss is congratulating the winners. Blatter, clearly embarrassed, is left clinging to the makeshift stage to try and stop it toppling over while the Brazilian skipper holds aloft the big prize, gloriously unaware of the hilarious scene below him.
2) Ahn Jung-hwan scores the golden goal that knocks Italy out of the World Cup and the planet erupts in sarcastic joy. All except for a certain boot-shaped country in southern Europe, that is…
3=) David Beckham's penalty against Argentina. Brave boy; crucial goal.
3=) Mick McCarthy's jaw-dropping double-take as Robbie Keane equalises against Germany.
Best Pundit Of The Tournament
Alan Hansen Laid-back, incisive, insightful – everything we have come to expect from the great man. Some say his "F*****g Krauts" outburst took the shine off his otherwise impeccable performances. We thought it was f*****g hilarious.
Worst Pundit Of The Tournament
Paul Gascoigne On edge, unintelligible, uninspiring. What were ITV thinking?
Best Commentator Of The Tournament
Clive Tyldesley Has created a style all of his own since taking over from the late, great Brian Moore. It's a style we like, just as long as the match doesn't involve his beloved Manchester United….
Worst Commentator Of The Tournament
John Motson Even forgetting his peculiar obsession with the nation's eating habits, Motty had a poor World Cup. Sounded increasingly like someone doing a particular poor impression of him as the tournament progressed.
Worst Follical Offender Of The Tournament
1) Christian Ziege Take a 'do that even David Beckham has discarded as too outlandish and team it up with a face that could turn milk sour. At what point did this seem like a good idea, Chris?
2) Ronaldo Looked, as one Football365 reader put it, like he had a female 'part' on his head.
3) David Beckham Down came the rain, and football's most stylish man is turned into a Pepe-Le-Peu lookalike.
Biggest Loser Of The Tournament
Roy Keane
Football365's World Cup XI
Rustu (Turkey); Cafu (Brazil), Ferdinand (England), Hong Myung-bo (South Korea), Metzelder (Germany); Ballack (Germany), Sas (Turkey), Duff (Ireland); Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo (all Brazil).
All taken from Football365