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| Best XI of 2011 | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 27 2011, 07:36 AM (411 Views) | |
| Don Balon | Dec 27 2011, 07:36 AM Post #1 |
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With most leagues but England currently on break, I was thinking this would be a good time to discuss who our group think was the Best XI at each position in world football. To get things started, this was the Best XI selected by the French daily L'Equipe: Neuer (Bayern); Alves (Barça), Vidic (Manchester United), Piqué (Barça), Marcelo (Madrid); Xavi (Barça), Busquets (Barça), Iniesta (Barça); Silva (Manchester City), Messi (Barça) y Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid) If he had not been injured so much of 2011 I would hav eput Puyol instead of Pique at central defender, otherwise I find little to argue about this Best XI. What are the opinions of others here? L'Equipe picked their team in a 4-3-3 formation I would suggest using that as a guideline but I will leave it to others to decide if their Best XI will follow that or another formation. |
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| The Artful Codger | Dec 27 2011, 09:52 AM Post #2 |
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I am assuming this is for the entire calendar year of 2011 and not just this half season in the European leagues? If for the entire calendar year this then would be my Best XI: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United), Thiago Silva (Milan), Marcelo (Real Madrid) Sergi Busquets (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Luis Suarez (Liverpool) Suarez may not be having a great 2nd half of 2011 but he was superb in the first part of the year and was the best player as Uruguay won the Copa America this summer. |
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| enganche | Dec 27 2011, 12:03 PM Post #3 |
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My assumption is the same as the Codger's, it is for ALL of 2011. Thus here would be my team of the year; GK: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB: Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB: Thiago Silva (Milan) CB: Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) LB: Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF: Daniele DeRossi (Roma) MF: Xavi (Barcelona) MF: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW: Edinson Cavani (Napoli) FW: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Honorale mention: Eduardo Vargas (Universidad de Chile), Neymar (Santos), Luis Suarez (Liverpool) |
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| Martin | Dec 27 2011, 07:20 PM Post #4 |
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Here would be my selection: GK: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB: Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB: Thiago Silva (Milan) CB: Diego Lugano (Paris St Germain) LB: Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF: Daniele DeRossi (Roma) MF: Xavi (Barcelona) MF: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW: Luis Suarez (Liverpool) FW: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) Suarez' fantastic Copa America is what edges him in my opinion into this Best XI. |
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| Nkono | Dec 27 2011, 08:47 PM Post #5 |
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My Best XI for the year: GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) RB: Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB: Thiago Silva (Milan) CB: Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB: Ashley Cole (Chelsea) MF: Yann M'Vila (Rennes) MF: Xavi (Barcelona) MF: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW: Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhchakala) FW: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| karl pilkington | Dec 27 2011, 09:35 PM Post #6 |
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My Best XI: GK- Joe Hart (Manchester City) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| Rufus T. Firefly | Dec 28 2011, 09:46 AM Post #7 |
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My team of the year: GK- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Robin van Persie (Arsenal) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| xeneize | Dec 28 2011, 10:29 AM Post #8 |
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My ideal team of 2011: GK- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Diego Lugano (Paris St germain) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Daniele DeRossi (Roma) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Luis Suarez (Liverpool) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| gaviota | Dec 29 2011, 11:14 AM Post #9 |
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My selection for 2011: GK- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Thiago Silva (Milan) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Marcelo (Real Madrid) MF- Daniele DeRossi (Roma) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Robin van Persie (Arsenal) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| Penya | Dec 29 2011, 03:31 PM Post #10 |
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My Best XI for 2011: GK- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich & Schalke) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Thiago Silva (Milan) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Sergi Busquets (Barcelona) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| Merengue | Dec 30 2011, 11:04 AM Post #11 |
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This is the Best XI as selected by Italia's Gazzetta dello Sport, Neuer (Bayern); Alves (Barça), Piqué (Barça), Thiago Silva (Milan), Lahm (Bayern); Schweinsteiger (Bayern), Xavi (Barça), Iniesta (Barça); Cristiano Ronaldo (Madrid), Messi (Barça) y Bale (Tottenham). And this is who I would select for my Best XI of the year, GK- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Thiago Silva (Milan) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Robin van Persie (Arsenal) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| The Artful Codger | Dec 30 2011, 04:05 PM Post #12 |
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My Best XI for 2011: GK- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich & Schalke) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) CB- Daniel Agger (Liverpool) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Luis Suarez (Liverpool) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) No I am not biased by putting two Liverpool players on my first XI! ![]() To balance that out I put someone from Manchester United (Vidic) on my team too. :lol: |
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| carioca | Dec 30 2011, 08:19 PM Post #13 |
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GK- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Thiago Silva (Milan) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Marcelo (Real Madrid) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Antonio DiNatale (Udinese) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| rosarino | Jan 3 2012, 10:29 AM Post #14 |
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My picks: GK- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Thiago Silva (Milan) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Marcelo (Real Madrid) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Eduardo Vargas (Universidad de Chile) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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| Don Balon | Jan 9 2012, 11:09 AM Post #15 |
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I started this thread but never gave my team of 2011, so here it is: GK- Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) RB- Dani Alves (Barcelona) CB- Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United) CB- Gerard Pique (Barcelona) LB- Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich) MF- Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) MF- Xavi (Barcelona) MF- Andres Iniesta (Barcelona) FW- Lionel Messi (Barcelona) FW- Robin van Persie (Arsenal) FW- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) |
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