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UEFA Team Of The Year 2007
Here is the UEFA team of the year 2007. No black suit bias, no lobbying - all based on user votes. About 275,000 of them. There are two entries from Chelsea in the team of the year 2007 - John Terry and Didier Drogba. For clubs like Chelsea, any representation is a great recognition because the massive fan base of clubs like Man Utd, Liverpool, Madrid, Barca, Milan etc normally sweep the polls with their players.
The team of the year is usually made up of 11 players and 1 coach. This has been an annual UEFA feature since 2001. Chelsea had no representation in the lists from 2001 to 2003. In 2004, we got two spots (Ricardo Carvalho, Jose Mourinho). In 2005, we got three spots (Petr Cech, Jose Mourinho). In 2006, there was none. Some of the ex-Chelsea players have also won the selection in the team of the year.
Also, some of our current lot also won a place when they were in their previous clubs. Ashley Cole featured in 2004 as an Arsenal player. Paulo Ferreira featured in 2003 as a Porto player. Damien Duff was in 2002 list as a Rovers player. Michael Ballack in 2002 team as a Bayern player. Andriy Shevchenko was in 2004 and 2005 list as a Milan player. Jose Mourinho was the coach in 2003 list as well as a Porto Coach, apart from the 2004 and 2005 selections as Chelsea coach.
Okay, without much ado, here is the UEFA team of the year 2007.
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)
Right-back: Daniel Alves (Sevilla FC)
Central defender: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Central defender: John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Left-back: Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyonnais/FC Barcelona)
Right midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Central midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Attacking midfield: Kaká (AC Milan)
Left midfield: Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan)
Forward: Zlatan Ibrahimovi? (FC Internazionale Milano)
Forward: Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
The above is a very formidable team. But we hardly agree on someone else’s team selection, right? Here are my disagreements. I think JT is lucky to find himself there. I’d have either Vidic or Puyol there. I’d have chosen Evra over Abidal. Steven Gerrard in central midfield? No way! I don’t know how he scored over Essien, Fabregas, Pirlo and Poulsen. That’s where may be the fanbase thing comes in! Cristiano Ronaldo pips Messi for a right midfield spot. That’s a tough one, but Ronaldo deserves a place. Ibrahimovic? That should have been van Nistelrooy alongside Drogba. The coach has to be Sir Alex. The year 2007 belonged to him. Of course, I’d hand it over to him despite Ancelotti’s champions league. League titles always carry more weight than champions league wins.
So my choice of team of the year 2007 would be something like this:
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)
Right-back: Daniel Alves (Sevilla FC)
Central defender: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Central defender: Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United FC)
Left-back: Patrice Evra (Manchester United FC)
Right midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Central midfield: Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)
Attacking midfield: Kaká (AC Milan)
Left midfield: Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan)
Forward: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid)
Forward: Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
What’s your say on the UEFA team of the year 2007? Do you think this is a good list or you can better this list? I’m sure you can!
14 Comments
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2. Ashton
Messi should be there in place of Seedorf. Otherwise, it is fine. I’m talking about your team BC, not the UEFA results.
3. Blues_Godson
Here is my own list of 11 players
Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)
Right-back: Daniel Alves (Sevilla FC)
Central defender: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Central defender: Kolo Toure ( Aresenal FC)
Left-back: Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyonnais/FC Barcelona)
Right midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Central midfield: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC)
Attacking midfield: Kaká (AC Milan)
Left midfield: Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan)
Forward: Zlatan Ibrahimovi? (FC Internazionale Milano)
Forward: Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson
4. wordlife999
gerrard surely got into that list vai his fanbase….essien deserves more than pirlo.
kaka can be the playmaker and essien the defensive midfielder.
evra surely had a better season than abidal. agree with vidic for jt coz jt missed most of the season. ronaldo was almost assured of the spot. i would pick messi for seedorf. he can interchange then with ronaldo.
5. Bob_Paul_Williams!
I would choose this:
Goalkeeper: Manuel Almunia (Arsenal)
Right-back: Jaap Stam(AC Milan)
Central defender: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Central defender: John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Left-back: Lucio (Bayern Munchen)
Right midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Central midfield: Francesco Totti (As Roma)
Attacking midfield: Kaká (AC Milan)
Left midfield: Ronaldinho(AC Milan)
Forward: Messi (FC Barcelona)
Forward: Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
I hate Arsenal, but I have to admit that the goalkeeper is really good!
6. BlueFan nr:1
cech-chelsea
richards-man city
j.terry-chelsea
carvalho-chelsea
abidal-barcelona
ronaldo-man utd
essien-chelsea
gerrard-liverpool
kaka-milan
eto-barcelona
drogba-chelsea
thats the best team
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8. Nihongo Blue
the way clichy has played i will take him any day for any one in left back….
etoo to partner drogba…..
ballack for gerrard……
9. Adonis
Going by current form, Casillas is the best keeper in the world. He’s playing unbelievable stuff!
10. olu
Hey,
Essien is more fan base to me. He hasn’t been particularly fantastic for chelsea this season
11. ding paite
in this current team i will put lampard to place seedorf.
12. bad boy
Goalkeeper: buffon (juventus)
Right-back: vidic (manchester united)
Central defender: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
Central defender: John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Left-back: Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona)
Right midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Central midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Attacking midfield: Kaká (AC Milan)
Left midfield: ronaldhinio (fc barcelona)
Forward: et’o (fc barcalona)
Forward: henry (fc barcalona)
13. Dan
1.Petr Cech
2.Daniel Alves
5.Rio Ferdinand
6.John Terry
3.Patrice Evra
7.Cristiano Ronaldo
8.Steven Gerrard
4.Kaka
11.Lionel Messi
9.Fernando Torres
10.Wayne Rooney
14. DJ
heres my 11+coach, i based it on mentality, performance and skill and who would work best with who. theres no point in having a team full of super stars cause that’ll never work, i could have easily put in gerrard, drogba, ronaldinho, henry but i decided to reduce it to 3 with the likes of ronaldo, messi and kaka. Berbatov made that spot because he can play a game like no other, he improvises alot and is able to provide oppertunities out of nowhere (which would do excellantly for torres) and yet still have the skill and flair to finish off a goal.
GK: Cech
RB: Sergio Ramos
RCB: Vidic
LCB: Terry
LB: Abidal
RM: Messi
RCM: Kaka
LCM: Fabregas
LM: Ronaldo
RF: Berbatov
CF: Torres
Coach: Jose Mourinho
[...] We have scored 30 points more than Wigan in the same number of matches. That shows the gulf between these two teams. It should be atleast a 0-2 with no trouble at all. And hey, there is something new to disagree! Have a look at the UEFA team of the year 2007! [...]
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