Is this the Team of the Tournament at the 2014 FIFA World Cup?

With the Confederations Cup well and truly underway, the tournament is not just a dress rehearsal to see how well Brazil’s newly-constructed stadia cope with the pressures of international football of the highest level and the multitudes of fans that come to watch them play.

It is also an opportunity for teams to discover and then build upon the chemistry they display on the pitch in what can be best described as a preview into what needs to be done next year in the same country in order to clinch world football’s biggest accolade.

Although the tournament has only seen a handful of games, it leaves little to the imagination regarding who would feature in a Team of the Tournament at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer, Germany

Few can contest the inclusion of the talented German in this team. He was Germany’s number one much before he swept to the treble with Bayern Munich and it is his razor-sharp reflexes and astute positioning that have seen Germany occupy second place in the FIFA World Rankings.