FIFA have announced their ‘Dream XI’ of the World Cup, which is decided by fan votes throughout the tournament, and it features three Spain players, three from France and two from Argentina, with England’s Jude Bellingham, Norway’s Erling Haaland and Cape Verde’s Vozinha completing the team. To make life a little more interesting, we asked seven of our writers to choose their best XI from the tournament, with one rule: they could have a maximum of two players from any one nation.Nobody picked Unai Simon, despite the Spain goalkeeper conceding only once en route to lifting the trophy, while the cap on players from each country meant there was room for some slightly different names. Hello, Julian Quinones and Youri Tielemans.Here are their XIs, and why they picked them…Oliver KayThe two-players-per-nation limit had a severe impact on the defence, which might otherwise have been an all-Spanish affair. The two Spanish players I have chosen are captain Rodri and teenage central defender Pau Cubarsi, which is harsh on Pedro Porro, Aymeric Laporte and Marc Cucurella.The most obvious alternatives in central defence were Cristian Romero and Lisandro Martinez, but while they both made eye-catching contributions in certain moments, I felt they were all over the place in the victories over Cape Verde and Egypt in the knockout stage. I’ve turned instead to Diney, who was outstanding for Cape Verde in the group stage, particularly that 0-0 draw with Spain.(IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Brett Davis)In goal there will be a lot of votes for Vozinha, whose heroics for Cape Verde at the age of 40 were wonderful to watch, but I felt there was a stronger case for Egypt’s Mostafa Shobeir.The front six picked itself really. It wouldn’t be any different without the restrictions. It might seem a little surprising to have only one player apiece from runners-up Argentina and semi-finalists England, but it was the back-four positions that were up for grabs and I didn’t feel that either team defended particularly well. They were heavily reliant on Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham respectively.There would be a case for Harry Kane and Ousmane Dembele, but it’s impossible to look beyond that Messi-Haaland-Mbappe front three.Mark CareyIt is an outside, data-led shout, but Switzerland’s Gregor Kobel deserves credit for exceeding shot-stopping expectations — conceding four goals fewer than the quality of shots he faced, which is more than any other goalkeeper.Daniel Munoz’s marauding, box-crashing runs were a joy to watch for Colombia as much as they have been for Crystal Palace, while England’s Djed Spence secured his cult hero status with some memorable moments at both ends of the pitch on the other flank. Cubarsi and Martinez can hold the fort while the full-backs push on, with both being excellent in possession across the tournament.(Reuters/Daniel Becerril)Rodri’s place in the team was never in doubt, but from here things get a little… top-heavy.I have squeezed in Bellingham in a deeper midfielder role (as he played on occasion this summer), to allow Messi to play in the No 10 role ahead of him. While the pair have scored 15 goals between them, both are crucial in catalysing their team’s attack creatively from the middle third of the pitch.I am shifting Olise back to the right flank after this summer’s roaming central role, while Mbappe is moved from his centre-forward role to the left side — given that he drifts into those spaces anyway.