Jun
30
2008
Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament
The official Euro 2008 team of the tournament:
Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Iker Casillas (Spain), Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands).
Defenders: Bosingwa (Portugal), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Carlos Marchena (Spain), Pepe (Portugal), Carles Puyol (Spain), Yuri Zhirkov (Russia).
Midfielders: Hamit Altintop (Turkey), Luka Modric (Croatia), Marcos Senna (Spain), Xavi Hernández (Spain), Konstantin Zyryanov (Russia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Cesc Fàbregas (Spain), Andrés Iniesta (Spain), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands).
Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Russia), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Russia), Fernando Torres (Spain), David Villa (Spain).
Xavi Hernandes (Spain) wins the Player of the Tournament award.
A number of players pick themselves, but am quite surprised by some of the names there.
Pepe and Bosingwa had three good games between them and both should be excluded on the basis of the quarter-final performance itself.
Andres Iniesta moreover had half a decent game which fortunately enough was the final. I think that a number of players - Arda Turan, Memet Aurelio or even Camoranesi to name a few, were far superior.
My team is as follows:
Goal: Casillas
Defence: Zhirkov, Puyol, Marchena, Ramos
Midfield: Podolski, Senna, Xavi, Shweinsteiger
Forward: Arshavin, Villa
Lahm? Are you kidding me? That guy had one pretty bad tournament, with the exception of the goal against the Turks. He was beat twice in that game and beat pretty bad in the Final by Torres. I just can’t believe that he would make an all tourny team…
Goal: Gasillas(spain), Van der Sar (Holland)
Defence :Sergio Ramos(Spain), Puyol(Spain), Pepe(Portugal), Sabri(Turkey), Marchena(Spain),
Middfielder: Xavi(Spain), Fabregas(Spain), Sneijder(until against Russia), Schweinsteiger(Germany), Pirlo(Italy), Srna(Croatia), Senna(Spain), Arshavin(Russia)
Forwards: David Villa(Spain), Torres(Against Germany), Pavlychenko(Russia)
The real flop in this Euro was with no doubt:
Luca Toni, Materazzi, Quaresma, Gomez, Nasri, Lahm, Benzema,
Team of the tournament: Iker Casillas- Spain, Sergio Ramos - Spain, Pepe - Portugal, Puyol - Spain, Zhirkov - Russia, Schweinsteiger - Germany, Senna - Spain, Fabregas - Spain, Sneijder - Netherlands, Ashavin - Russia, David Villa - Spain.
Team Of the Tournament :
GK - Casillas
RB - Sergio Ramos
LB - Lahm
CB - Pepe
CB - Puyol
RM - Scnweinsteiger
LM - Sneijder
CM - Xavi (Best Player Of Tourny)
CM - Senna
ST - David Villa
ST - Podolski/Arshavin (Could not choose, probs just Podolski cos he scored more goals, played more games, Even though Arshavin was suspended, and scored his goals from wide posistion)
Can’t believe Chiellini doesn’t get a mention. Was immense when he came in after the Dutch game. kept Spain out practically single-handed
Ballack the best un the world. 2 bad he has so much bad luck
Gk: Casillas
Rb: Ramos
Lb: Van Bronkhurst
Cb: Puyol
Cb: Marchena
Dm: Senna
Rm: Schweinsteiger
Lm: Modric
Am: Ballack
Am: Altintop
St: Villa
GKs: Casillas, van der Sar
Defenders: Ramos, Lahm, Puyol, Pepe, Marchena
Midfielders: Ballack, Fabregas, Schweinsteiger, Senna!, Sneijder, Xavi Hernandes
Forwards: Villa, Podolski, Torres, Arshavin
(unlike others, I believe that Lahm played an awesome tournament, as whatever other people claim to be his faults were rather others, e.g.)
I can’t believe someone mentioned flops of the tournament without mentioning the biggest flop of them all… C.Ronaldo.
Also puzzling to see people put Van Der Sar above Buffon.
You have to include rudd van nistleroy in the team he held the ball well and passed ti well Fabio Capello even said in an interview at the time he was probably the best striker in the world.Other players who stood out were,
1.Luka Modric 6.senna
2.Arshavin 7.Buffon
3.villa 8.Pirlo
4.Schweinsteiger 9.pepe
5.Snieder
My Team:
GK: Casillas and Buffon
Def:S.Ramos,Pepe,Lahm,Puyol,v.Bronckharst
Mids:Sneijder,Fabregas,Xavi,v.Persie,Cazorla,Iniesta
Forw:David Villa,Torres,Arshevin,Gomez[a little] and Podolski