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Best and Wurst

Observer Sport's World Cup team on the summer's most memorable matches, players, fans, cheats and sweet, sweet curried gravy sausages

Sunday July 9, 2006 The Observer

Least cool-Walter Smith At England v Sweden: walked out during the match after fans recognised him and began singing: 'You're poo and you know you are.'

FAVOURITE PLAYER-Fabio Cannavaro

Does what it says on the tin. Italian. Defender. And 100 caps when he plays today. Virtually flawless in every game and had to play without long-time partner Alessandro Nesta for almost the entire tournament. Peerless.

Best song-USA

'One Superpower, there's only one Superpower', to the tune of 'Guantanamera' - The Girl from Guantanamo Bay. And England's 'I'd rather be a cabbage than a Swede'.

Best pundit-Gunter Netzer

A legend as a player, now dry as dust on German TV - but strangely endearing for it. Looks like Jackie Stewart. In England, Adrian Chiles for being an all-round good egg. Plus, in the France v Portugal semi, the ball came into the stands towards him, he jumped up and neatly headed it back. Then he sat back down, turned to Marcel Desailly and Leonardo and said: 'I've always wanted to do that.' Respect."

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