(Eurosport-Yahoo! rating in brackets)

Arsenal:

Carlos Vela (South Africa v Mexico) - played 69 minutes: Had a first-half goal chalked off for offside. (6)

Bacary Sagna (Uruguay v France) - played 90 minutes: Solid enough in keeping Uruguay strikeforce at bay in goalless draw. (6)

William Gallas (Uruguay v France) - played 90 minutes: Marshalled Diego Forlan well for the most part and kept a clean sheet. (6)

Abou Diaby (Uruguay v France) - played 90 minutes: Got the nod over Florent Malouda to start and initially impressed with some surging runs from midfield. (7)

Robin van Persie (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 77 minutes: Missed two chances he would have usually buried. (6)

Nicklas Bendtner (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 62 minutes: Missed a great goal chance to give Denmark the lead although was not fully fit after injury. (5)

Birmingham:

Nikola Zigic (Serbia v Ghana) - played 69 minutes: The big man failed to make an impact before being taken off. (5)

Blackburn:

Brett Emerton (Germany v Australia) - played 74 minutes: Made minimal impact on the game. (5)

Vince Grella (Germany v Australia) - played 45 minutes: Struggled against the German midfielder before being taken off at the break. (4)

Lars Jacobsen (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 90 minutes: A comfortable afternoon before Elerio Elia’s introduction, from which point he was given the run-around. (5)

Bolton:

Lee Chung-yong (South Korea v Greece) - played 90 minutes: The Bolton man continues to show form that made him a fan favourite at end of the season. (8)

Danny Shittu (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes: Ran ragged by Messi and co. (5)

Chelsea:

Nicolas Anelka (Uruguay v France) - played 72 minutes: Disappointed up front and did not threaten to score. (5)

Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia v Ghana) - played 90 minutes: One marauding run but was kept busy by André Ayew (6)

Florent Malouda (Uruguay v France) - came on after 75 minutes: Fired a shot wide, but did not have enough time to make huge impact. (6)

Everton:

Steven Pienaar (South Africa v Mexico) - played 83 minutes: Some nice touches but was substituted during the second half. (7)

Joseph Yobo (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes: Made some vital last-ditch clearances. (6)

Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes - Ploughed a long furrow up front but showed signs of being back to full fitness. (6)

Tim Howard (England v USA) - played 90 minutes: Could do nothing about the goal but repelled everything else thrown at him. (7)

Tim Cahill (Germany v Australia) - sent off after 56 minutes: Missed a trademark header early on and saw a straight red in the second half. (5)

John Heitinga (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 90 minutes: The Danes offered little up front so he had a quiet game. (6)

Fulham:

Clint Dempsey (England v USA) - played 90 minutes: Was rewarded for his speculative effort with the equalising goal. (7)

Dickson Etuhu (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes: Swamped in midfield. (5)

Kagisho Dikgacoi (South Africa v Mexico) - played 90 minutes: Went close with a first-half header. (6)

John Pantsil (Serbia v Ghana) - played 90 minutes: Strong performance from the Fulham man. (7)

Mark Schwarzer (Germany v Australia) - played 90 minutes: Conceded four but at least made a few decent saves to keep it to that. (6)

Liverpool:

Javier Mascherano (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes: The Liverpool midfielder was at his combative best. (8)

Dirk Kuyt (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 90 minutes: Workaholic as always and got a goal. (7)

Daniel Agger (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 90 minutes: Some raking diagonal balls and coped well with Van Persie, although was involved in the own-goal. (6)

Manchester City:

Carlos Tevez (Argentina v Nigeria) - played 90 minutes: A typical workaholic performance from the City striker. (6)

Nigel de Jong (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 88 minutes: Could have seen red early for a two footed challenge. (6)

Roque Santa Cruz: (Italy v Paraguay) - came on after 68 minutes: Did not look match fit but won a few headers. (5)

Manchester United:

Patrice Evra (Uruguay v France) - played 90 minutes: Skippered Les Bleus and got forward well enough. Booked early for cynical pull back. (6)

Javi Hernandez (South Africa v Mexico) - came on after 73 minutes: An encouraging cameo from United's new signing. (6)

Park Ji-sung (South Korea v Greece) - played 90 minutes: Scored in a third consecutive World Cup finals and put in an all-energy performance once again. (8)

Nemanja Vidic (Serbia v Ghana) - played 90 minutes: Solid enough and could do nothing about the goal. (6)

Newcastle:

Jonas Gutierrez (Argentina v Nigeria) played 90 minutes: Exposed a couple of times but he was playing out of position at right-back. (6)

Stoke City:

Thomas Sorensen (Netherlands v Denmark) - played 90 minutes: No chance with the freakish own goal and unlucky for the second. (7)

Sunderland:

Paulo da Silva (Italy v Paraguay) - played 90 minutes: Was superb at the heart of defence alongside Antolin Alcaraz, barely putting a foot wrong. (8).

Cristian Riveros (Italy v Paraguay) - played 90 minutes: Put in a nasty reducer on Riccardo Montolivo in the first minute that the Italian was lucky to get up front. (5)

Tottenham:

Gionvani Dos Santos (South Africa v Mexico) - played 90 minutes: Man-of-the-match performance and was at the heart of all Mexico's best moves. (8)

Sebastien Bassong (Japan v Cameroon) - played 90 minutes: Solid but Japan hardly threw men forward. (6)

Benoit Assou-Ekotto (Japan v Cameroon) - played 90 minutes: Started brightly but then continued to give the wall away. (5)

Wigan:

Vladimir Stojkovic (Serbia v Ghana) - played 90 minutes: No mistakes from the Wigan keeper and co do nothing about the penalty. (6)

Antolin Alcaraz (Italy v Paraguay) - played 90 minutes: Very solid defensively and weighing in with a goal, he did his job and then some and looks a top signing for boss Roberto Martinez. (7)

Wolves:

Adlène Guedioura (Algeria v Slovenia) - came on after 82 minutes: Had no chance to shine. (6)

Nenad Milijas (Serbia v Ghana) - played 62 minutes: Struggled to impose himself before being taken off. (5)

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