Suarez was deffinetly MOM I think

Got to agree with suarez, forlan just wasnt as influentual in this game

Suarez

Luiz Suarez

Suarez de man, has to be

Suárez, no need to explain why

Suarez

I liked the guy gyan who scored the winner, he was a constant threat to the usa

Agreed, Gyan

Annan

KP Boateng

Gyan gets my vote as well: the combination of his great pace with his determination (look how he keeps standing up after that American defender rams him, only to continue and score!) and strength can make him a possibly great striker in the future

Donovan, no bias intended

Thomas muller for me, great for a 20 year old, or else the ref, for ending englands agony

Ozil or Muller

Ozil, he was everywhere

Muller

Müller: 2 goals, coolly placed shots. He did what a German striker should with chances: finish em. Very impressive run so far from the young German

The Ref...

LOL @AyyamS5

Oezil

Tevez, what a strike I mean you can't 'em better

I know tevez scored two, one was a peach, but I thought higuain was a threat the whole game, and led the line well

Hmm I though both were a threat constantly just The goal took Tevez over the top for me

Tevez

Tevez, easily. He was all over the place. That man has the stamina of a horde of elephants

Tevez, no question

Gotta' go with robben

Wesley sneijder for me

Sneijder

Robben

I want to say Robben, because he was very impressive so short after returning from injury, but some of his great dribbles (cutting in from the right, lots of slick and fast touches so no defender can get close without committing a foul, aiming for the top right corner every time - Messi anyone?) ended into nothing too often. His passing wasn't good and I hope he can play brilliantly against Brazil.
Sneijder was the MOTM that game: an assist and a goal combined with another overall impressive performance

Robben

Ramires

Robinho. Goal+Assist x getting rid of marker=MOM

Juan

Juan as well: the first goal, a great header right under the bar after he got rid of his marker on Maicon's corner kick. Maicon himself was great too. Juan also bossed the Brazilian defence. I really wonder how the Netherlands can get passed 4 of such brilliant defenders. Hope they do though

Robinho for me

Santa cruz I think was the MOM for me, but honda got the actual MOM

Cruz threatened a lot - I'd agree marius

Honda, although he technically did not score he was a constant threat

I would say Antolin Alcaraz: he was pretty good today amongst 21 other average players. Good defensive presence: his positioning was great, as he headed away several crosses and intercepted passes throughout the game. I may be a little biased because until recently he played at my favourite home team: Club Brugge. He's leaving on a free transfer now, and his good performances in the WC leave me with mixed feelings

Honda, he worked overtime that match, causing mistakes to be caused among the defence by keeping the pressure on

Honda played so well

It would have been villa, only for the portugese keeper eduardo who was brilliant, so although on the loosing team, its eduardo by a street for me

I would choose Villa he kept going and going at the Portugal defence the entire game

Eduardo was awesome, I gotta' give it to him and for the whole tournament too

Although I feel Villa played an excellent game, Eduardo was the man today

David Villa without a doubt

I wouldn't say Villa either: he played very well and was once again the decisive man, but he wouldn't have been if it wasn't for an excellent Eduardo. He gets my vote.
Fifa named Xavi MOTM, and he was excellent too: once again bossing the midfield and giving the assist to Villa after a pass from Iniesta

Was it xavi's assist? Hope so.... He's my star mid in my dreamfooty team. But I don't think they counted it as an assist from him. Didn't see it in yahoo stats

I just can't wait to see how villa will do in barca. Villa, messi, neista, xavi will dominate. Can't really say about ibra...

I just can't wait to see how villa will do in barca. Villa, messi, neista, xavi will dominate. Can't really say about ibra...

Eduardo

Eduardo looked amazing

Torres.... LMAO

The popular choice is likely to be Sneijder. I reckon it was Van Bommel, did his job perfectly in not letting the Brazilians get any moves going down the middle other than the one goal. Pulled the strings in midfield and rarely gave the ball away.

Not only did Melo screw up Caesar's punch and concede, he walked away with the red taking any chance of a Brazilian revival with him. He's in for a shitstorm back home. Ought to run back to Europe, quick !

I don't think it was an own goal, it was going in anyways. But a huge mistake yea

I've always said this, Melo is overrated and not all aggressive players are Gattuso. Even Gattuso knows his limits and will never kick a player like a maniac. Shame.
And b******s to the coach for believing a player, who even can't pass a towel

Melo would be the "people's" choice. The proper one would probably be Sneijder, but I think Kuyt deserves just as much credit, he provided that crucial flick on for Sneijder's header goal (of all the ways he can score, this was the most unlikely, and he created an own goal in the very same game!) and kept Maicon relatively quiet while creating chances himself, a very fair trade off.

Not very impressed with Robben's overly theatrical moves though, they were fouls but he didn't need to do all that

Dirk Kujt gets my vote. Nobody seems to notice how hard it is to silence Maicon - the world's best right-back. Maicon only delivered 1 cross and was ineffective and so was Dani Alves. Class job defensively

Prag, Melo is the passer for Brazil's first goal. Can't be too bad with a defence splitting pass...

Yeah but Juno he took that back with a own goal and putting his team a man down!

I thought dirk kyut put a good shift in, as he has in all the games, solid

I'm very happy to see Kuyt gets so many votes here. Goes to show you people know football and don't just vote for the spectacular player or the goalscorer. Van Bommel is also a good choice, because he made a huge impact, although mostly with professional fouls and unsportsmanlike behaviour. Both Kuyt and Van Bommel worked really hard and regained possession countless times.
My vote goes to Kuyt as well, because he constantly interfered with Brazil's players setting up attacks, especially in the 2nd half

I'd say Robinho for first half, Alves for 2nd half. Sneijder overall.    Sneijder gets my vote

Sneijder

Wesley Sneijder, I think he's going to be the player of the tournament

Hard to say, it wasn't a game where one man particular stood out (except for that atrocious handball save from Suárez - where are all the handball haters now? Ant ).
I'd say Muslera, thanks to a solid performance and 2 saved penalties, albeit horrbly taken penalties.

Mensah and Adiyiah (and the Uruguay player who kicked the ball a mile over) should be ashamed of their penalties. A 10 year old kid takes them better on training

Suarez! Or Muslera for a good penalty shoot out...

Suarez actually, he was heroic and evil. Forlan played well too

Suarez

Uuuuhhhhh, suarez cause ghana would have advanced with the goal and in the end uruguay came on top

Wants to say Podolski. But seriously Messi played well all round, but it is proven once and again one player can't lift the team, he should've played on the right.

So, I choose Klose

Klose, He's going for Ronaldo

Schweinsteiger

Shweinsteiger, ran the midfield, 2 assists, combined with Boateng on the left to keep Messi away from his favoured position

Schweinsteiger by a street, closely followed by thomas muller, what a great display from a 20 year old

Schweinsteiger as well

Schweinstiger showed skill at the end, muller did great creating the second and scoring the first goal, I have to give it to klose for his two goals

Schweinstiger is the MOM for me, he totally controlled the game. He also made sure Messi had a poor game

Yeah, definitely Schweini, Basti fantasti. His defensive contribution was as good as any good DM can give to a team and his offensive contribution was fantastic. It looked like he had the energy of two players, the defensive skill of a great full back and the offensive qualities of, well, Schweinsteiger. Brilliant performance

No competition, definitely Schweinsteiger. He ran rampant through the pitch (unchecked by the Argentinians for some weird reason), and his two assists were top class, especially his run into the box beating three players that set up Friedrich - and also let's not forget that he had a part role in containing Messi.

I would also like to point out Poldoski, although quiet in this game, was always willing to track all the way back to help out in defence, a very good move from the manager I suspect as without space, Messi is not as effective

Saint Iker! WOW what a match! Viva Espana!

Casisas, Brilliant PK save

San Iker it is

Casillas did have a good one

I believe that Netherlands will beat Uruguay like 3-1 and Robben will be the man for this game!

MOTM was Gio for me: that stunning strike was one of the best ever WC goals I've seen. Apparently it went 109 kmph, and it went straight into the far top corner, from about 35 metres. What a scorcher.
Of course that's not enough to claim the MOTM award in such a scintillating game, but his defensive and definitely offensive input was enough to give him the edge over Robben or Kuyt

Robben, Gio, and Sneijder all played well for me, I dunno it's a stalemate for me

Robben

Sneijder

Sneijder

Van Bommel, he was immense in the second half

Giovanni van bronkhorst, not just because of his great strike, he had a fantastic game as well

He did indeed he played like he was 22 again lol