World Cup 2018: Best South-American XI

Attackers:

LW: Neymar (Brazil)

Neymar is probably the most talented player in the world right now. Being blessed with tremendous amount of pace, he is also the most fascinating dribbler to watch out for, is acrobatic, flexible and is excellent in one-on-one situations.

Neymar is a powerful distance shooter, likes to drift inside from the wing, free-kick specialist of great caliber and has the capability to single-handedly torment the opposition's defence. Having played for Brazil in 85 matches and scored 55 goals for them, Neymar won the bronze boot as the tournament's 3rd top goal-scorer at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Neymar's dribbling skills, vision, pace and his link-up play with teammates will be crucial for this team. Being one the best player in the squad, it will be Neymar's responsibility to motivate and lead his team to glory from the left side of the attack.

RW: Messi (Argentina)

Lionel Messi, as we all know is a legendary football player. He has got pace, agility, amazing dribbling abilities and the capacity to single-handedly destroy the opposition's defence. His short stature helps him to turn quickly and easily get past the tackler.

Messi has the ability to shoot from distance, is probably the best free-kick taker in the world and is a dangerous player for any opposition to face. Having appeared for Argentina in 124 matches and scoring 64 goals for them, Messi is an automatic choice in this XI.

Messi will play on the right side of the attack because of his pace and dribbling abilities, which will be used to penetrate the opposition.

CF: Suarez ( Uruguay)

Luis Suarez is one of the most prolific goal-scorer in the world today. Being a shrewd campaigner, Suarez has decent pace, good match awareness, flexible and is a fitness freak. He also has the ability to press the opposition's defence and pressurize them to clear the ball.

Suarez is one of the most fearful and dangerous players for the opposition to defend against. Having represented Uruguay in 98 matches and scoring 51 goals for them, Suarez has proved that he is one of the most indispensable players in the continent of South America.

Hence due to prolific goal-scoring ability, Suarez is the first-choice striker of the team. He will play centrally in the 3-man attack in this side.