The leader of Serbian midfield. Nemanja Matic had a great season at Manchester United. He was one of the best signings of the year for Manchester United, along with the likes of Romelu Lukaku. Matic had also been a big miss for his former side who finished at fifth place as they were unable to replace him with a defensive midfielder of his calibre in the transfer window.
Against Costa Rica, the Manchester United man displayed a commanding performance. He offered protection to the defence and brought more control in the game with his discipline display. Costa Rica’s skipper Bryan Ruiz was not able to get better of the midfielder for the whole match.
Matic has the quality of displaying these types of performances consistently for both club and country. He will sit back and protect the back four, especially considering the attacking mentality of Aleksandar Kolarov and Branislav Ivanović.