League matches - Stage 2: Top XI players

Sunday, 15 June 08, 01:10 AM · Comments(0)

Goal Keeper: I should really go with Van Der Sar here. Gigantic and solid. I know Buffon did well saving a penalty. Especially facing not only Mutu but also elimination staring right in his face. But he had very little to deal with.

Defence: Not very impressive defence but Bosingwa was good going forward. It's an unexpected name to be in here, but, Boulahrouz deserves it. He did so well in containing the likes of Malouda and Ribery ( who roamed all around ) He went in flying into the tackles he made but won almost all of them. Lahm was as usual. Wonderful. Passionate. Rather desperate, given the circumstances. Carvalho did great back in the centre especially with Pepe being a little dodgy. Carvalho got him totally covered. Šimunić won the arial battle with the "germans" especially with the likes of Ballack running constantly in to the box. So, he deserves a place too. He sat deep, but never allowed any space for the German attackers.

Midfield: Deco did well. Scored a goal and supplied a terrific pass that created the second goal for the Portuguese. He had an excellent game. Modric was terrific. Outstanding passing and vision. He is the one you need to have in your team. Niko Kovač was brilliant holding the germans off. He and Modric outplayed the full strength German midfield.

Wingers: Ronaldo scored a great goal. His well timed run and unselfish play very late in the game that saw the the Czechs off were wonderful. Robben was excellent. Made timely runs forward for the counter attacks. I'll go with a five man midfield because we can't leave out Sneijder here. You know why.

Striker: Sublime Villa bags this one. What a run, a little cut inside and bang! Spain qualified. Absolutely fantastic.

Boss: Marco Van Basten - for his brave substitutions.Bringing in two injury prone attackers into the team when they were leading 1-0 was not a normal thing to do. Bravo Van Basten.

So, our team of the stage 2 looks like this. Opinions ?

Van Der Sar

Boulahrouz - Carvalho - Šimunić - Lahm

Modric - Kovač

Ronaldo - Robben

Sneijder

Villa

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