2014 World Cup - Team of the Tournament Candidates!

With the 2014 World Cup nearly over, it is time to start preparing and picking this tournament's best XI.

There have been lots of goals - and not much defending - so it'll be quite hard to pick the best out of the goalscorers. There have been some eyecatching performances at the back and in the goals too.

So here are my candidates for each position (the final team will be announced after the Final on 14 July 2014 NZ time).

GOALKEEPER
Manuel Neuer, Germany
Keylor Navas, Costa Rica
Guillermo Ochoa, Mexico
Hugo Lloris, France
Vincent Enyeama, Nigeria

DEFENDERS 
Mats Hummels, Germany
David Luiz, Brazil
Thiago Silva, Brazil
Phillipp Lahm, Germany
Raphael Varane, France
Daniel van Buyten, Belgium
Per Mertesacker, Germany
Marcos Rojo, Argentina
Jan Vertonghen, Belgium
Johan Djourou, Switzerland

MIDFIELDERS
Toni Kroos, Germany
James Rodriguez, Colombia
Kevin de Bruyne, Belgium
Blaise Matuidi, France
Matthieu Valbuena, France
Xherdan Shaqiri, Switzerland
Oscar, Brazil
Juan Cuadrado, Colombia
Angel di Maria, Argentina
Arjen Robben, Netherlands

FORWARDS
Thomas Mueller, Germany
Andre Schurrle, Germany
Lionel Messi, Argentina
Neymar, Brazil
Karim Benzema, France
Robin van Persie, Netherlands