Tuesday 22 May 2012

UEFA Champions League Team of the Year 2011/2012

GK: Petr Cech

Along with luck, Cech has been Chelsea's star player in an otherwise abysmal squad. Neuer is a very close second, but he is playing with great players, unlike Cech.



Kept out 10 shots by the Barca team, and was saved by the woodwork twice.

RB: Philip Lahm

Best RB in the world. I was blind in thinking Sagna was better than this player. Dangerous in attack, as well as defence, leader, and is the most consistent player in their team.



Made 46 tackles and 38 interceptions, and only committed 4 fouls.

LB: Ashley Cole

Chelsea's second goalkeeper. Napoli, Barcelona. Most consistent performer in their team.


Made 35 tackles and 18 interceptions in his 11 games in the UCL for Chelsea, and also contributed 2 assists

CB: Alessandro Nesta

May be past it, but he still knows a thing or two. Applying show stopping tackles in both of his encounters with Messi & Co, he was an inspiration to the team.



Made 6 interceptions and 5 tackles in both of his fine performances against the Catalan giants.

CB: Paulo Jorge

You do not know this man. Long story short, the player who won APOEL Nicosia the game against French giants, Lyon, a result that will be forever written in the history books of the minnows from Cyprus. His courageous defensive performance against the European powerhouse makes this position his own.



Vs Lyon. 3 interceptions, 11 clearances, 7 being effective, 3 shots blocked, 1 offside won, not a booking to his name.

CDM: Xabi Alonso

He has proved to be the Best Holding Midfielder in the world this season. With stellar performances against every team Real Madrid have come up against. Real Madrid's regista.




701 successful passes/787 attempted passes - 89.1% pass accuracy

CM: Franck Ribery

Has been Bayern's best player all season, marginally overtaking Toni Kroos. Dismantled Mansour City's defence in the group stages and led the German side to the final.



Only Messi has attempted more dribbles than him. Messi = 44, Ribery = 39

CM: Mesut Ozil

Words alone cannot describe the intelligence of this man. The maestro of this powerful Madrid side that has been unstoppable this season.



He made a total of 31 key passes in the competition, averaging 3.1 KP per game. The second highest in the competition.

RW: Lionel Messi

Best player in the history of the beautiful game. Simples.



32 KP, 890 passes, 44 dribbles, 5 assists and 14 goals. All done within 10 games.

LW: Cristiano Ronaldo

Can't have one without the other. But seriously...



10 goals, 3 assists. Just another year for Ronnie.

ST: Didier Drogba

Mario Gomez and Karim Benzema both had good reason to be selected for this team. But none have done what Drogba has done for this Chelsea team. Opening goal versus Napoli to kick-start their comeback. Winner versus Barcelona. Equaliser against Munich in the final. Chelsea hero.



7 games, 6 goals. European defenders can breath a sigh of relief now that Drogba is going to leave Chelsea.

15 comments:

  1. Neuer is a very close second, but he is playing with great players, unlike Cech? CAN WE SAY CHAMPIONS? last i checked it doesnt take a goalkeeper to get goals. they just stop goals from occuring against their team. you made chelsea look weak with your stupid comment. also please compare the back lines of bith squads, Chelsea and Bayern. the only true defender Bayern has is Lahm, other than him there is nobody special. Chelsea may bot have had Terry in the final but still you have world calss defenders like luiz and cole. cahill and bertrand are youngsters and have not made themselves heard yet, but even they are better than the Bayern defense. All that Bayern has in attacking areas are those two "WINGERS" not Center Mids, ribery and robben other than that they have a decent CM schwienstiger and a lucky caveman of a forward, Gomez, who only waits for crosses coming from his outside mids and can finnish them only because he is strong. Chelsea has Frank Lampard "The Lion Heart" and the strongest midfield in the premier league. they also have highly skilled forwards like Drogba and Torres. who easily are better than Gomez. if you ever do another team of the tournament make sure you dont amke stupid comments, or elsea you will have fans posting angry messages stating the truth.

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    1. " you made chelsea look weak with your stupid comment "
      I think Roberto Di Matteo does an even better job at that

      " world calss defenders like luiz and cole "
      David Luiz? World Class?

      " cahill and bertrand are youngsters "
      Cahill is 26
      Bertrand is 22

      " two "WINGERS" not Center Mids "
      Just Schweinsteiger and Kroos

      " strongest midfield in the premier league "
      No comment

      " highly skilled forwards like Drogba and Torres "
      No comment

      " who easily are better than Gomez "
      Not going to waste my precious energy arguing

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  2. Torres better than Gomez? I nearly shat myself laughing. Love the biased comment but Chelsea have far from the best midfield in the premier league... City's is clearly better, don't compare Mereiles to Silva or I might actually shit myself laughing.

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    1. i dont think there was a comparison of mereiles to silva, there was however a lampard comment that, well lets face it this year he may not have been the best midfielder in the league, but he did bring home more silverware. and torres is a much better all around striker than gomez. haha, even out of form he won the FA Cup, Champions League, Euro 2012, got the golden boot in that tournanment and has scored in two euro finals in a row. he certainly is more decorated than gomez. the only thing that gomez has over torres is physicallity, besides that he is always just in the right place at the right time.

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    2. " torres is a much better all around striker than gomez "
      *sigh*

      " he won the FA Cup, Champions League, Euro 2012 "
      All by himself?

      " got the golden boot in that tournanment "
      Richard Dunne and Sean StLedger couldn't handle him. WOW.

      " the only thing that gomez has over torres is physicallity "
      And finishing. And heading. The list goes on...

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  3. could you imagine torres in form ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ he would be unstoppable!!!

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  4. chelsea are better than bayern we've got oscar mata hazard torres lampard cole terry ivanovic luiz cahill and of course cech

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  5. ibrahimovic is not better than rooney

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  6. silva is crap what does he actually do for city he's only good for spain hazard and mata are better than silva by miles the best city midfielder is yaya toure

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    1. you know nothing about football so dont talk about it.David silva is as good of a creative midfielder as they come.oh and what does e do for city?i dont know maybe goth the most assists in the league.

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  7. i cant believe jt has retired from england we need him bad

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