Italy v Ghana (spoilers)

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I'm torn between Terry and Nesta as the best in the world (centre backs, anyhow), with Cannavaro a shade behind (at his age I think he's lost a TINY bit of sharpness, and I've also rated Nesta as marginally better, both are all-time greats anyhow), I go for Terry mainly because of his physical dominance (adds an extra edge to the defence) and ability to cause a lot of problems on opponent set-pieces. Neither Nesta or Cannavaro are dominant in the air (though both are very effective because of their Italian-style ability to get in front of attackers by jostling and positioning). Probably Puyol and Ayala are in my top 5 too, again Ayala is one who was better a few years ago when he slightly more pace.

In all honesty in recent form Kolo Toure is pretty much in that company.

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Ghana keeper was like african keepers tend to bge. Great reflexes, good at shot stropping, but absolutely awful in the air. He made a hand ful of blunders and I am surprised Italy didn't cross into the box more often since he would constantly misjudge those balls and come out flailing.