Football is the most popular sport in Argentina and the sport that Argentines are most proud of. The Argentine national team is one of the world's earliest traditional giants, in the first Copa America in 1916, Argentina reached the final, in the first World Cup in 1930, the Argentines also persevered until the last game, but unfortunately they eventually lost to Uruguay, the runner-up. In the 1934 World Cup, the three core players in Italy's championship lineup, Monti, Orsi and Guiita, were poached from Argentina, and they were all selected for the best squad of the world cup, and before Pele, the world's greatest player Di Stefano was also an Argentine.
The Argentine national team is also one of the most successful teams in world football, winning a total of 19 major national team events, including 2 World Cups, 14 Copa America, 2 Olympic games and one Confederations Cup, making them one of the most important national team titles.
Although you are traditionally strong and have a remarkable record in the Copa America, Argentina has not performed well in the World Cup for a long time, except for reaching the final in the first World Cup in 1930, the best result is only the quarterfinals of the World Cup, until 48 years later, in the 1978 World Cup, the host Argentine talent lifted the Hercules Cup for the first time. The period from the late 1970s to the 1980s was the most glorious period in the history of Argentine football, winning the World Cup in 1978 and 1986 respectively, and reaching the World Cup final in 1990, making them the best performing team in world football at that time.
However, after 1990, Argentina began to perform in a downturn on the stage of the World Series. Since the 1994 World Cup, Argentina's best result in the World Cup is the runner-up in 2014, and in the other World Cups, Argentina's best result is only the quarterfinals. Even in the Copa America, since the defending of the Copa America in 1991 and 1993, it has been 26 years, 10 consecutive times have not been able to win the championship, you know, the Copa America was once the most glorious arena for Argentines, they have won the championship a total of 14 times, maintained the record number of Copa America, far ahead of south American rivals Brazil, but now has been surpassed by the Uruguayan 15 times.
The heroism of Argentine football is very obvious, and their two World Cup victories have shown heroism. In the 1978 World Cup, Kempes had divine help and led the Argentines to the first victory, and in the 1986 World Cup, Maradona was possessed by the god and led Argentina to be crowned king again. Today, the Argentine team led by Messi is still full of heroism, and Argentines hope that Messi alone can lead Argentina to the top again.
Since its establishment in 1893, the Argentine men's national football team has gone through more than 120 years, during which time there have been many talented, outstanding and outstanding players, such as Maradona, Kempes, Messi, Batistuta, Riquelme, Perón, Passarella, Redondo, Zanetti... Below, I choose from among them what I consider to be the best team in Argentine history.
<h1>Goalkeeper: Philol</h1>
Philoel is the most meritorious goalkeeper in Argentine history, and is also regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of south American football in the 20th century, selected into the best team of the 20th century in South America, and the most numerous goalkeeper in Argentine history, still maintaining a record of 58 appearances. As a goalkeeper, Philol is not tall, only 1.83 meters, but his reaction speed, saving ability is very outstanding, due to his excellent goal line skills, good at flexible lateral cross-step movement, coupled with his slightly longer neck, he is affectionately called "duck" by fans. Firoll is also a goalkeeper who is very good at saving penalties, and at the age of 19, he became famous for saving 6 penalties in one season.
On the pitch, Firoll belongs to the maverick type of goalkeeper, as Argentina's main goalkeeper, he wore not the traditional No. 1 shirt at the 1978 World Cup, but chose the No. 5, a defender or a number exclusive to the back. During his playing career, Firoll won 1 World Cup, 7 Argentine First Division titles and a number of other honours.
In the 1978 World Cup, people remembered the "hero" Kempez, the "Predator" Passarella, and Filor was an unsung hero. In argentina's second group stage, Filor played very well, not conceding a single goal in three games. Especially in the match against Poland, when Argentina was 1 goal ahead, Poland won a penalty, but Filor kept the penalty out of the door, helping Argentina to maintain the lead, and finally Argentina won this crucial victory 2:0, which also laid the foundation for Argentina to push Brazil to the final with the advantage of goal difference.
In the final against the Netherlands, Philore once again played a heroic role, repeatedly turning dangers into disasters. Especially in the 27th minute, the Dutch core Rensemblinck received the ball in the box and then volleyed in the air, and Firoll reacted quickly and magically saved the ball, avoiding Argentina from conceding the ball first. In the end, thanks to Filor's heroic performance, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3:1 through extra time, lifting the World Cup trophy for the first time in history. Filor was also voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament for his outstanding performances.
<h1>Defenders (left to right): Tarantini, Passarella, Rugeri, Zanetti</h1>
In the position of left-back, Argentina has always lacked the world's top talent, and when it comes to the first left-back in Argentine football history, the 1978 World Cup champion left-back Tarantini is naturally one of the most suitable candidates, he represented Argentina in the 1974, 1978 and 1982 World Cups, which was an irreplaceable left-back iron gate for Argentina at that time.
As a left-back, Tarantini is physically energetic, active, brave, sharp in steals, excellent in defence, and he is also a defensive left-back with good offensive ability. Because of the cute image of the two protruding front teeth in his mouth, Tarantini is affectionately known as the "rabbit". During his playing career, Tarantini won 1 World Cup, 1 Copa Libertadores, 1 Intercontinental Cup and 1 Argentine Serie A.
In the 1978 World Cup, Argentina was able to lift the World Cup trophy for the first time in the history of its home country, and Tarantini was instrumental. He played all seven games for Argentina in this World Cup and has performed well, defensively solidly and with sharp assists. In the second group stage, he helped Argentina to keep a clean sheet in three games, and in the final match against Peru, Tarantini scored the team's second goal, helping Argentina to a 6-0 victory over Peru, allowing Argentina to push Brazil to the final with the advantage of goal difference. In the end, Tarantini was also selected for the tournament's best squad.
Tarantini was also the founder of the Boca Youth Club, which rose to become a club with a world reputation. In 1977, Tarantini, one of the core of Boca Youth, helped the team win the first Copa Libertadores in club history and the first Intercontinental Cup.
Passarella is a player who has entered the annals of world football, he is the honorary captain of Argentina, one of the greatest players in the history of Argentine football, and one of the most legendary centre-backs in the history of world football. As a centre-back, Passarella's style is fierce, tenacious, iron-blooded personality, and in terms of technical characteristics, his positioning is accurate, his defensive ability is outstanding, he is also good at organizing attacks, and although he is only 174cm tall, he has a good head. Most impressive, though, is his ability to score goals, with Passarella being one of the most goal-scoring defenders in football history, scoring 175 goals in his career and still maintaining a Serie A goal record of 35 goals. Passarella excelled at waiting for an opportunity to insert long-range shots from the rear, as well as setting-pieces and headers to break the goal. During his playing career, Passarella won 1 World Cup and 6 Argentine First Division titles, as well as one Argentine Footballer of the Year.
The 1978 World Cup in Argentina was the most glorious moment in the history of Argentine football and the most glorious moment in Passarella's life. In this World Cup, as the defensive core and captain of the Argentine team, Passarella's play is very critical and excellent. In the first stage of the group stage, Passarella scored a key penalty against France, helping Argentina to beat France 2:1, laying the foundation for Argentina to break through in the group stage; in the second stage of the game, the backline led by Passarella performed tenaciously, not conceding a goal in 3 games, helping Argentina to beat Brazil to the final with the advantage of goal difference; in the final, with the help of Kempes and The powerful shot of Bettoni, Argentina defeated the Netherlands 3:1, at the home of home As captain, Passarella lifted the World Cup trophy for the first time in Argentina's history.
Originally, Passarella still had the opportunity to help Argentina win the championship again in the 1986 World Cup, but unfortunately he withdrew due to injury before the World Cup, missed that World Cup, and regrettably missed the second World Cup of his career. In addition, Passarella has a glorious resume in the national team, scoring 22 goals in 70 national team matches, which is enough to shame a good striker.
Ruggieri is a meritorious centre-back in argentine football history and one of the most outstanding centre-backs in Argentine football history. As a centre-back, Rugeri has excellent prejudgments, accurate card positions, solid defense, tenacious style and full of hard work. In his career, Rugeri's resume has been very successful, winning many honors, including 1 World Cup title, 1 World Cup runner-up, 2 Copa America, 1 Confederations Cup, 1 Copa Libertadores, 1 Intercontinental Cup, 1 La Liga title, 2 Argentine First Division titles, in addition, Rugeri was also elected once South American Footballer of the Year and argentina footballer of the Year.
At the 1986 World Cup, the Argentine backline led by Ruggeri played steadily, laying the foundation for Maradona's great performance and contributing indelible strength to Argentina's second world cup crown. In the 1990 World Cup, Ruggieri and his back line played a more obvious role, that World Cup Argentina played conservatively, only 1 goal scored in 3 knockout matches, but with the excellent play of the back line led by Rugeri plus the care of luck, Argentina only conceded 1 goal, successively eliminated Brazil, Yugoslavia and host Italy, and advanced to the final, unfortunately, they lost 0:1 to West Germany in the final, missing the final championship.
However, Rugery's most brilliant moment stayed on the Copa America, the 1991 Copa America, and now when people recall it again, they may think more of the birth of the "God of War" Batistuta, but this Copa America is also the most beautiful for Rugeri. As the backbone of the Argentine defense and captain, Rujeri led argentina to the final championship with excellent leadership ability and excellent performance, and with the wonderful performance of the Copa America, Rujeri was also elected as the pioneer of South American football in 1991, reaching the peak of his career. In 1993, Rugeri led Argentina to defend the Copa America title. It is worth mentioning that this laurel is also the last major national team championship of Argentine football so far.
Zanetti is one of the best right-backs in the history of world football, the first right-back in Argentine football history, who has set a record of 145 appearances for the Argentine national team, but has now been surpassed by Mascherano. Zanetti is not only a great right-back, but also a typical "jack-of-all-trades" player who can play as a full-back, full-back and back.d. On the pitch, Zanetti is physically energetic, has excellent running ability, plays steadily, attacks and defenses, and can intercept steals in the rear, assist in defense, and break through assists in the front to create goals. During his playing career, Zanetti has won 1 Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 5 Serie A titles, 1 Club World Cup and many other cups.
In the 1998 World Cup, during the match between Argentina and England, Zanetti ambushed in the box in the 45th minute of the first half and received a wonderful assist from a free kick from The front of Perón's big penalty area, turned and scored one of the most classic free-kick combination goals in the history of the World Cup, which was also one of the few wonderful moments of Zanetti's national team career. In the Argentine national team, Zanetti's memory is more bitter, Zanetti played for Argentina in the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, and finally stopped in the quarterfinals and group stages respectively; four times participated in the Copa America and always missed the championship, and in 2004 and 2007, he was second in two consecutive times.
In the 2009/2010 season, As the core and captain of Inter Milan's defense, Zanetti won five titles with the team: the Champions League, Serie A, Coppa Italia, Club World Cup and Italian Super Cup, achieving an unprecedented "five crowns" and creating the most brilliant season in Inter's history.
It is worth mentioning that Zanetti is also a famous "evergreen" in football fashion, playing for Inter until the age of 41 before announcing his retirement, and has been able to maintain a stable performance before retiring.
<h1>Midfielders: Simeone, Redondo, Maradona</h1>
Simeone was one of the finest backs of world football in the 1990s and one of the most outstanding backs in argentine football history. Today, Simeone is known as the "bandit", while Simeone in the player period is called "bandit", which is mainly due to his fierce style on the court. Simeone in the player period is an all-rounder back player, he is physically good, physically energetic, in defense, running actively, fighting fiercely, excellent interception ability, in the attack, he also often has a flash, can wait for the opportunity to plug in, long-range shots to break the goal, or through the set-piece to grab the nod to break the goal. During his career, Simeone won two Copa America titles, one UEFA Cup, one La Liga title, one Serie A title, and a number of other cup honours, in addition to one La Liga Best Latin American Player Award.
Simeone's start in the national team was very smooth, he represented Argentina in the 1991 and 1993 Copa America, and the 1992 Confederations Cup, these three national team competitions, Argentina won the championship, and wearing the Argentine No. 10 jersey, Simeone as the core of the team's midfield is naturally indispensable. His interspersed connections, active defense and excellent interception in the game are indispensable links for Argentina to win.
However, his journey in the World Cup was not as smooth and fortunate as when he started with the national team. At the 1994 World Cup, the 23-year-old Simeone played as Argentina's main back. At the beginning of the match, Simeone and Argentina went all the way, first 4:0 victory over Greece, and then 2:1 victory over Nigeria, but all this came to an abrupt end with the "ban storm" that broke out after Maradona's match with Nigeria. In the following matches, Argentina, without Maradona, lost their souls, first losing 0:2 to Bulgaria and only qualifying as the third in the group, and then losing 2:3 in the 1/8 final against Romania, and returning home early.
In the 1998 World Cup, Simeone became the leader of the Argentine team, but this time the experience was also bitter, he led Argentina in the quarterfinals by Bergkamp's sword, 1:2 loss to the Netherlands, missed the semi-finals. However, Simeone's red card in the quarter-finals of this World Cup led to David Beckham's off-road penalty becoming a classic moment in the World Cup, and it simply helped Argentina win the game. In the 2002 World Cup, Simeone traveled three times, but this time the experience was even worse, and they were eliminated in the group stage.
Redondo is one of the most classic backs in the history of world football, and his style of play makes him unique in the history of football. On the pitch, Redondo is a fluttering ball, good at defending and attacking. When attacking, he has excellent possession, good overall view, strong scheduling ability, and is the core of the team's offensive organization; defensively, Redondo has excellent predictions, sharp interception, accurate card position, and despite his tall stature, he rarely uses his body to defend. It's also hard to see Redondo's ferocious scrambling and shoveling on the field, he is a typical "artistic back". During his career, Redondo won a total of 1 Copa America, 3 Champions Leagues, 2 La Liga titles, 1 Serie A title, and a number of other cup honours. In addition, Redondo was voted the best player for UEFA clubs in the 1999/2000 season.
Redondo is not only a star with a unique style, but also a player with a strong personality, and he has twice refused to participate in the World Cup for personal reasons. At the 1990 World Cup, Redondo turned down an offer from Argentina coach Bilardo on the grounds of heavy university studies. In the 1998 World Cup, then Argentina coach Passarella withdrew from the "haircut order", and Redondo directly quit the national team because he refused to cut off his long hair, giving up the qualification.
In the 1993 Copa America, Redondo represented Argentina for the first time in the competition, and as the main back of the team, he eventually helped Argentina defend the Copa America championship. In the 1994 World Cup, Redondo made his first World Cup for Argentina, in the World Cup debut against Greece, Redondo made a stunning appearance, as the main back of the team, he not only completed the task of organizing attack and defense, but also directly assisted Maradona to score a goal, helping Argentina to win 4:0 over Greece. However, unfortunately, this time Argentina's originally high-pitched World Cup journey came to an abrupt end with the outbreak of Maradona's "anti-drug storm", and the Argentine team without Maradona lost two consecutive games, ending the round of 16. These two times were also Redondo's only experience in the competition.
The best of Redondo's career remained in Real Madrid, where he performed well in the Champions League in the 1999/2000 season, and in the quarter-finals with Manchester United, he delivered an unparalleled and crucial assist to help Real Madrid eliminate Manchester United by an aggregate score of 3:2 and advance to the semi-finals. In the end, Real Madrid won the Champions League trophy with a 3-0 victory over Valencia in the final, and Redondo was also elected the UEFA Club Player of the Season for his wonderful performance. To this day, many fans still believe that Redondo is the best back in real madrid history.
Maradona is one of the recognized "two big ball kings" in the history of world football, a hero in the hearts of Argentines, a god in the minds of fans, who created two great wonders in the history of world football - "1986 One-Man World Cup" and "Napoli Miracle". As a player, Maradona is magical and omnipotent, as batistuta, the god of war, said of him: "The feeling of playing with Maradona is unreal, obviously some of the balls you think are impossible, but he did it." 」 "Although you are a generation of football kings, Maradona's career is not as honorable as we imagined. Maradona has won 1 World Cup, 1 World Cup runner-up, 1 UEFA Cup, 2 Serie A titles, 1 Argentine Serie A title and several other cup honours in his playing career. In addition, Maradona has been twice voted world football player and five times coronated as the South American Footballer of the Year.
The 1986 World Cup, the greatest performance of Maradona's career and the greatest solo performance in world cup history. In this World Cup, Argentina's coach Bilardo established the tactical idea of "attacking to Maradona". As a result, Maradona became the target of the defenders of all teams in that World Cup, and every defender of the team facing Argentina carried out multi-person round-ups, bag defenses, and even pulls, drags, bumps, shovels, in short, they tried everything to stop Maradona. Maradona suffered a total of 57 fouls in this World Cup, except for only two fouls with Bulgaria, the rest of the fouls were more than 7, and even 11 fouls were committed against the South Korean team, so that another "ball king" Pele stood up for Maradona, saying: "The Koreans have put down Maradona again and again like cutting down a big tree." "But even then, there is still no way to stop Maradona.
In the first group match with South Korea, Maradona scored a hat-trick to lead Argentina to a 3:1 victory; in the second game against Italy, Maradona scored another goal to help Argentina draw 1:1 with Italy; in the final game against Bulgaria, Maradona sent an assist to help Argentina win 1:0. In the quarter-finals against England, Maradona staged the most classic performance of the individual World Cup and the most classic solo performance in the history of the World Cup. He first scored a goal through the "Hand of God" to take the lead for Argentina, and then scored the most classic goal in the history of the World Cup, he scored the ball in midfield, then lost 6 defenders of england in a row, and finally scored, and finally, with Maradona's 2 goals, Argentina won 2:1 to advance to the semi-finals, after the game, then England coach Robson said of Maradona's performance, he said: "Our defense has done a perfect job, But unfortunately we met Maradona, who was a terrifying genius. ”
Then facing belgium in the semi-finals, Maradona once again "scored twice", staged a magical performance, Argentina easily advanced to the final 2:0, after the game the belgian coach issued such an exclamation: "Argentina is not stronger than us, he just has one more Maradona than us, give me a Maradona, I can also win the World Cup." "In the final against West Germany, the tactical strategy of the West German team at that time was to defend Maradona, but in the end, the West German team still failed to wish, and Maradona sent a killer assist to help Argentina win 3:2 against West Germany and crown the World Cup champion for the second time. After the match, the West German boss issued the same exclamation as the Belgian manager: "We didn't lose to Argentina, we just lost to Maradona." "Throughout the tournament, Argentina scored a total of 14 goals, Maradona contributed 5 goals and 5 assists, directly involved in 10 goals, and Maradona's contribution to Argentina is not fully reflected in the data.
In addition, in the three World Cups in 1982, 1990 and 1994, Maradona's role was also irreplaceable. The Argentine team, which owns Maradona, is also the most glorious time in Argentina's history.
<h1>Forwards: Messi, Batistuta, Kempeth</h1>
Messi is one of the top five superstars in the history of world football and the greatest player of the 21st century. Messi is an omnipotent player, a fantastic player. As a striker, he is sharp in breakthroughs, strong in assists, superb in shooting, scoring goals like chopping melons and chopping vegetables; in midfield, he has excellent ball control, accurate passing, strong creativity, and often invisibly creates killing machines.
Messi has a reputation as the "harvester of honors", so far in his career, Messi has won 77 important individual honors and 24 important team honors, including six times as the world footballer of the year, six times the European Ballon d'Or, and won four Champions League titles, nine La Liga titles, three Club World Cup titles, and many other cup honor laurels, in 2009, it created an unprecedented "six crowns" glory with Barcelona.
Messi is also the "Harvester of Records", he is the only player in football history to win six World Footballer of the Year and The European Ballon d'Or, he is also the only player in the history of world football to reach the top three of the Ballon d'Or for 11 consecutive years, and he is also the only player to win the European Golden Boot five times. He set a goal record of 91 goals in a single calendar year, he also set a La Liga scoring record of 50 goals in a single season, and he is also the all-time top scorer in La Liga history and the player with the highest total number of goals in the history of any of the five major leagues. He also holds a number of other scoring records.
However, messi won almost all the honours at the club, and the national team became a scar in his own mind. So far, Messi has represented Argentina in 4 World Cups and 4 Copa America, but still has nothing. The 2014 World Cup, this is Messi's best international competition, but also Messi's closest to the championship. In Argentina's first four games, Messi contributed four goals and one assist, and also produced a oolong goal, each of which was crucial. Against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Messi scored and made a oolong, Argentina 2:1 to get the opening red; the second game of Iran, Messi dedicated to the kill, Argentina won again 1:0; the last game of Nigeria, Messi scored twice, Argentina won again 3:2; against Switzerland's 1/8 final, Messi sent a killer assist, helping Argentina win 1:0 and continue to move forward. In all four games, Messi was voted the best player, and he is the only player in the history of the World Cup to be selected as the best player in four consecutive games. Messi then led Argentina to Belgium and the Netherlands to reach the final. Unfortunately, in the final, Germany, Argentina was killed by Götze and lost the game, allowing Messi to cross the shoulder with the Hercules Cup.
Batistuta is a center in the annals of world football, he is one of the greatest centers in Argentine history, to this day, Batistuta is still Argentina's most goalscoring player in the World Cup, scoring a total of 10 goals, and is also the second top scorer in the history of the Argentine national team, scoring 54 goals in 77 games, second only to Messi. Batistuta is a natural shooter, his shooting awareness is strong, his shooting skills are superb, and his body is strong, explosive and impactful, which is the nightmare of all defenders, "big shot" is his signature way of shooting, fans excitedly call his goal "Batigol". During his playing career, Batistuta won two Copa America titles, one Serie A title, two Argentine Serie A titles, and a number of other championship honours. In addition, Batistuta personally won the third place of world footballer of the year in 1999.
In the 1991 Copa America, Batistuta, who represented Argentina for the first time in the competition, played amazingly, scoring 6 goals in 6 matches, helping Argentina win the championship, and he was also named the top scorer of the tournament. In the 1993 Copa America, Batistuta performed well again in the second competition, and in the final, Barty scored twice, helping Argentina win 2:1 and defending the copa America.
In the 1994 World Cup, Batistuta, who participated in the World Cup for the first time, played a wonderful role, and Argentina also sang all the way. In the first game against Greece, Batistuta played a hat-trick, Argentina won a 4-0 victory, and the second game against Nigeria, Batistuta helped Argentina win 2:0. Unfortunately, the scenery of Batistuta and Argentina came to an abrupt end with Maradona's "ban storm" after the match against Nigeria, and in the next two matches, the Argentine team that lost Maradona lost two games and lost twice, stopping in the round of 16.
In the 1998 World Cup, Batistuta's play was still outstanding, the first game against Japan, Batistuta scored the only goal of the whole game, Argentina scored all three points, the second game jamaica, Batistuta performed a hat trick, he also became the first player in the history of the World Cup to have scored a hat-trick in two consecutive World Cups, Argentina won again 5:0, facing England's 1/8 final, Batistuta scored another goal, helping Argentina finally eliminate England through penalties and advance to the quarterfinals, Unfortunately, in the quarter-finals, Batistuta and his Argentina were stabbed by Bergkamp, losing the match 1:2 and missing the final four.
In the 2002 World Cup, Batistuta, who has lost his courage in the past, played in the World Cup for the third time, but unfortunately, this time Argentina fell in the group stage, and since then, Barty has been missing the World Cup for a lifetime.
Kempez is a hero of Argentine football, one of the greatest players in the history of Argentine football and one of the greatest players in the history of world football. Maradona described him as "the man who wrote Argentine football into the world's plate". As a striker, Kempez is very versatile, not only does he have excellent goal awareness and superb shooting skills, he can also break through with the ball, or take the ball to create opportunities for teammates. In his playing career, Kempez won 1 World Cup, 2 European Cup Winners' Cups, and other cup honours, in addition to being elected South American Footballer of the Year once.
The 1978 World Cup, the most glorious moment of Kempez's life, was one of the greatest World Cup experiences in Argentine football history. In this competition, Kempes played very well and crucially. Against Poland, Kempez scored two goals to help Argentina win; against Peru, Kempes scored two of Argentina's first three goals, helping Argentina to a 6-0 victory, and finally Argentina used the advantage of goals to defeat their rival Brazil and advance to the final.
In the final against the Netherlands, Kempez staged a "god-making work", in the 38th minute of the first half, Kempes opened the record for Argentina and helped the team to take the lead, while the Dutch team was equalized by Nanningjia in the 82nd minute, and the two sides entered extra time. In extra time, it was Kempes who stepped forward first, his shot was saved after two consecutive shots in the 105th minute, then he followed up and scored in front of goal to give Argentina another lead, and finally, Bertoni scored another goal to seal the victory for Argentina. Under The Capez, the Argentine lifted the World Cup trophy for the first time in the history of his home country. Kempez also received two major honors: The Tournament's Best Player and Top Scorer.