3. Composure
Wayne Rooneys match winning striker against Fulham on Saturday was the Englishman at the best. The ex-Evertonian anticipated an error from Phillippe Senderos, burst forward with impressive speed, then showed the composure and technical ability to curl a side-footed shot into the corner. Against Brazil his hard work was rewarded with one clear chance. When the ball fell to him, with only defenders on the line to the beat, some players would have thrashed it as hard as they could, only to see a golden opportunity end up in row z. Rooney, though, calmly and accurately placed the ball round Dante on the line to put England in the lead. Neymar had two great opportunities to score one from Ronaldinhos saved penalty kick, another from a wicked cross from the right. Both times the Santos star failed to show any composure, missing the target wildly. Neymar may be more pleasing on the eye, and not just in footballing terms, but if your team had one chance and one chance only, youd want it to fall to the Englishman.