Midfielders: Keisuke Honda (Japan), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) 中场：本田圭佑(日本队)、凯文-普林斯•博阿滕(加纳队)、威斯利•斯内德(荷兰队)

Japan was one of the weakest-looking teams heading into the tournament, but Mr. Honda somehow propelled the Japanese to the knockout round. His lefty free kick against Denmark so befuddled goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen that he initially moved the wrong way before it fluttered flew inside the left post.
在入围本届杯赛的队伍之中，日本队是看起来实力最弱的球队之一。尽管如此，本田圭佑却带领这支球队进入了淘汰赛。在对丹麦的那场比赛中，他的左脚任意球极具迷惑性，致使守门员托马斯•索伦森一开始的时候扑错了方向，皮球也飞快地贴着左边门柱飞进了门框。

Mr. Sneijder was responsible for the two key plays in the Dutch run so far: He scored the lone goal in the win over Japan, and it was his long ball that set up Arjen Robben in the knockout round against Slovakia.
荷兰队的两场关键比赛，斯内德都是居功至伟：对日本那场比赛的唯一进球来自他的远射，淘汰赛对斯洛伐克那一场，阿尔杰•罗本也是接到他的长传才破门得分的。

And Mr. Boateng's footprints are all over this World Cup. Besides being the player whose harsh challenge injured German captain Michael Ballack before the tournament -- which actually did Germany a favor -- he's the reason the U.S. had to play catch-up against Ghana, with his early steal and score.
博阿滕对本次世界杯的影响更是无所不在。世界杯前夕，他凶狠地铲伤了德国队队长迈克尔•巴拉克——实际上，这反倒是帮了德国队的忙；在与美国队的比赛中，他开场之后便迅速抢断得分，迫使美国队扮演努力追平的角色。