WHO WILL WIN 'MOST ATTRACTIVE FOOTBALLER' AT THIS WORLD CUP?

[jenni_blog]

In 2006 this distinction was given to Roque Santa Cruz of Paraguay. Roque is in the running again and could very well win it a second time. But he is up against some tough competition. I have taken the liberty of scrutinizing each team for good-looking players and have tried to come up with only one per team. This is difficult with some teams who have several hot players. If I have chosen someone you disagree with, please tell me who you think is hotter and I'll add that player to this picspam. I am only going to post one photo of each of my first choices. I don't think there is a clear choice for an overall winner, but I'll post my own personal 'Top Ten' at the end of this entry. Teams are in order of their appearance at the World Cup.



SOUTH AFRICA

STEVEN PIENAAR



MEXICO

CARLOS VELA



URUGUAY

DIEGO LUGANO



FRANCE

YOANN GOURCUFF



SOUTH KOREA

CHO YONG-HYUNG



GREECE

GEORGIOS SAMARAS



ARGENTINA

SERGIO 'KUN' AGUERO



NIGERIA

CHIDI ODIAH



ENGLAND

GLEN JOHNSON



USA

CARLOS BOCANEGRA



ALGERIA

CHAOUCHI



SLOVENIA

BOSTJAN CESAR



SERBIA

GOJKO KACAR



GHANA

KEVIN-PRINCE BOATENG



GERMANY

SERDAR TASCI



AUSTRALIA

LUCAS NEILL



THE NETHERLANDS

ROBIN VAN PERSIE



DENMARK

NICKLAS BENDTNER



JAPAN

ATSUTO UCHIDA



CAMEROON

BENOIT ASSOU-EKOTTO



ITALY

RICCARDO MONTOLIVO



PARAGUAY

ROQUE SANTA CRUZ



NEW ZEALAND

WINSTON REID



SLOVAKIA

VLADIMIR WEISS



IVORY COAST

DIDIER DROGBA



PORTUGAL

MIGUEL VELOSO



BRAZIL

THIAGO SILVA



NORTH KOREA

JONG TAE SE



HONDURAS

AMADO GUEVARA



CHILE

MATI FERNANDEZ



SPAIN

JESUS NAVAS



SWITZERLAND

TRANQUILLO BARNETTA



EDIT: My Top Ten: Yoann Gourcuff, Georgios Samaras, Sergio Aguero, Glen Johnson, Carlos Bocanegra, Serdar Tasci, Roque Santa Cruz, Mati Fernandez, Jesus Navas and Robin Van Persie.

NEW EDIT: I am adding Sebastian Abreu of Uruguay to this post for your consideration.

Comments

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Yeahhh...the Slovenian guy played! He was hotter than on the picture! :)

The Japanese guy, really? He's gorgeous! :P

They booted Rafinha? I read that Rafhina said he couldn't tolerate Magath's hard-nosed policies! Is that not true? I'm shattered...I LOVED the little Brazilian! :(

[wildmopdogs.livejournal.com]

"I read that Rafhina said he couldn't tolerate Magath's hard-nosed policies! Is that not true?"
Yeah, he said that, and I agree with him 100%
And it's not just the Brazilians. You can see from the training pictures that even the Germans aren't smiling as much or having fun during training since Magath came along, when compared to the pictures from previous seasons. :(

But in the case of the Brazilians, it's sad for another reason: that's their trademark! They enjoy playing football and do it with pleasure; that's their style. Why dampen their style if it works?

And Rafinha was one of the best lateral defenders in the league :( Games were really different when he couldn't play, and you can tell they're really missing him now - he made a difference, and you can tell he's gone.

They got rid of Bordón too, and Benni and Metzelder are really not understanding each other on the pitch (of course, off the pitch it's all peachy! :p); with Bordón, Benni & he really clicked. I hope they can sort that out amongst themselves.

All in all, they've sold or let go of 20 players.

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

WOW.

First of all, I ADORE your icon! It's hilarious. I died. XDDD

Awww...I am SO SAD to hear about Rafinha. I agree he was a GREAT player and will be missed... :(

I'm also sad about Kuranyi and Bordon and all the rest.... :(

But I'm really eager to watch Schalke play because I'm so obsessive I think I can watch and figure out myself what's wrong! No, I really love to do this and try to analyze what the team is all about, what they lack and what they are good at...it's my passion. XDDDD

[wildmopdogs.livejournal.com]

Hehe Thanks XD Check out www.jogisloewen.de That's where I got it from. They have these really cute comics (in strip and video format)

I'm really sad about him too, he was one of my favorites :( And I really liked Bordon and Kuranyi as well. Westermann, well, I wasn't really attached to him; I'm fine with him going wherever, lol. (But that he's Hamburg's new captain? Now that's not fair to Hamburg, getting a newbie placed as their captain. o.O That's just wrong, dude, no matter who it is!)

Yes! :D I like doing that too, analyzing their play; seeing where each individual player's strengths and weaknesses are, who is better suited for what position, etc. Though the other day I had to tell myself not to do it because I just wanted to watch the darn thing! lol

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for the link! I love things like that. XD

Oh, no. There is no way Westermann should be Hamburg's new captain. That's just wrong! I'm sure there were better candidates. *facepalm*

LOL. Sometimes it's easy to go overboard with the analyzing. At one time I took notes during games and then realized I was missing too much action. Hahaha.