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Manchester City: World Cup of players (A-D)

By Jason Bardwell

MANCHESTER - NOVEMBER 9: Peter Schmeichel of Man City during the Manchester City v Manchester United FA Barclaycard Premiership match at Maine Road on November 9, 2002 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
MANCHESTER - NOVEMBER 9: Peter Schmeichel of Man City during the Manchester City v Manchester United FA Barclaycard Premiership match at Maine Road on November 9, 2002 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /
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BARCELONA, SPAIN – AUGUST 19: Captain Richard Dunne (R) of Manchester City holds the Joan Gamper Trophy at the end of the match between Barcelona and Manchester City at the Camp Nou Stadium on August 19, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Manchester City won the match 1-0. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
BARCELONA, SPAIN – AUGUST 19: Captain Richard Dunne (R) of Manchester City holds the Joan Gamper Trophy at the end of the match between Barcelona and Manchester City at the Camp Nou Stadium on August 19, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Manchester City won the match 1-0. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images) /

Group B:

In Russia, Group B will consist of Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Iran. Of course the two Silva’s were chosen to represent Portugal and Spain while I added Ireland and Italy in place of Morocco and Iran.

Richard Dunne came in to represent Ireland while Mario Balotelli comes in for Italy. Again votes came in, along with questions. It is fair to say that I just gave four names with no explanation, other than ‘pick your favorite’.

It was not surprising that David Silva ran away with the votes. Certainly, over the period he’s been here, we’ve seen very few, if any, better. Surprisingly neither Bernardo nor Richard Dunne got any votes. That left the five voting for Balotelli see the Italian progress to the next round.