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

Denmark v Germany - Group B: UEFA EURO 2012

Striker: Mario Balotelli, Italy

Another front man who has grabbed the headlines for his top-notch performances that have shown maturity (yes, maturity), the Italian seems to have grown up since his return to Italy with AC Milan and he will be expected to lead the line for Italy next year. If his performances in an Italy shirt this time around are anything to go by, he will have surely added to his growing list of admirers next year.

Substitutes:

Iker Casillas, Mats Hummels, Franck Ribery, Lionel Messi, Sami Khedira, Andrea Pirlo, Pablo Zabaleta

About the author

Professional Journalist Gautam Viswanathan has one very simple dream: he wants to commentate at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

A post-graduate from the University of Sheffield in the UK, Gautam is an NCTJ accredited journalist, who in his own words is an "impartial journalist first, Arsenal fan second".

Gautam writes for several publications including Network 18's Firstpost, Italian Football Site Footy News 24 and Sportskeeda and divides his time between Bangalore, India and Muscat, Oman.

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