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While the Sockerlose crashed and burned as predicted by this website at the FIFA World Cup at least all is not lost.
Harry Kewell has come out near the top of top website guardian.co.uk player ratings.
Little old New Zealand did pretty well too.
All Whites Ryan Nelsen and Mark Paston are in the top 10 list of “best performances” according to a football World Cup survey being run by the UK-based website.
Guardian.co.uk has been polling readers since the World Cup began last month and as of this morning the performance of Nelsen – the All Whites’ skipper – against Italy has been rated the third-best.
Nelsen, who also captains Blackburn Rovers in the English Premier League, also fills fifth place on the list for his efforts against Paraguay while Paston, the All Whites goalie, fills the seventh and 10th positions for performances against Paraguay and Italy respectively.
Ausfailure’s Harry Kewell gets second spot on the worst list for his effort against Ghana.
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Match
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Team
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Player
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Rating
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|---|---|---|---|
| England v Algeria 2010-06-18 19:30 | England | Wayne Rooney | 2.45 |
| Ghana v Australia 2010-06-19 15:00 | Australia | Harry Kewell | 2.5 |
| Germany v England 2010-06-27 15:00 | England | Emile Heskey | 2.57 |
| Germany v England 2010-06-27 15:00 | England | Wayne Rooney | 2.76 |
| France v Mexico 2010-06-17 19:30 | France | Sidney Govou | 2.77 |
| Germany v England 2010-06-27 15:00 | England | John Terry | 2.89 |
| France v Mexico 2010-06-17 19:30 | France | Andre-Pierre Gignac | 2.89 |
| France v South Africa 2010-06-22 15:00 | France | Sidney Govou | 2.9 |
| France v Mexico 2010-06-17 19:30 | France | Nicolas Anelka | 2.92 |
| England v Algeria 2010-06-18 19:30 | England | Frank Lampard | 2.99 |
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Match
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Team
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Player
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Rating
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|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark v Japan 2010-06-24 19:30 | Japan | Keisuke Honda | 9.08 |
| South Africa v Uruguay 2010-06-16 19:30 | Uruguay | Diego Forlan | 8.96 |
| Italy v New Zealand 2010-06-20 15:00 | New Zealand | Ryan Nelsen | 8.95 |
| Germany v Australia 2010-06-13 19:30 | Germany | Mesut Ozil | 8.83 |
| Paraguay v New Zealand 2010-06-24 15:00 | New Zealand | Ryan Nelsen | 8.8 |
| Argentina v Nigeria 2010-06-12 15:00 | Nigeria | Vincent Enyeama | 8.72 |
| Paraguay v New Zealand 2010-06-24 15:00 | New Zealand | Mark Paston | 8.67 |
| Argentina v Mexico 2010-06-27 19:30 | Argentina | Carlos Tevez | 8.62 |
| Spain v Portugal 2010-06-29 19:30 | Spain | David Villa | 8.57 |
| Italy v New Zealand 2010-06-20 15:00 | New Zealand | Mark Paston | 8.55 |
| Germany v Australia 2010-06-13 19:30 | Germany | Thomas Muller | 8.54 |
