Posted July 8, 2006 I thought this be a pretty fun thread to make. You create your dream team after seeing the performances of players in the world cup. Here is my team. Ricardo: Goalkeeper (Portugal) Ashley Cole: Defender (England) Lucas Neill: Defender (Australia) Fabio Cannavaro: Defender (Italy) Gabrielle Heinze: Defender (Argentina) Aaron Lennon: Midfielder (England) Genarro Gatuso: Midfielder (Italy) Owen Hargreaves: Midfielder (England) Nedved: Midfielder (Czech Republic) Messi: Striker (Argentina) Miroslav Klose: Striker (Germany) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2006 Mine is as follows..... GK: Ricardo (Portugal) Defenders: Zambrotta (Italy) Cannavaro (Italy) Terry (England) Lahm (Germany) Midfield: J Cole (England) Zidane (France) Pirlo (Italy) Rosicky (Czech Republic) Strikers: Klose (Germany) Torres (Spain) No Brazilians... thats a first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2006 4-3-3 for me [GK] Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) [RB] Willy Sagnol (France) [CB] Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) [CB] Roberto Ayala (Argentina) [LB] Juan Pablo Sorin (Argentina) [DMF] Andrea Pirlo (Italy) [DMF] Maniche (Portugal) [AMF] Zinedine Zidane (France) [RWF] Robin van Persie (Netherlands) [CF] Miroslav Klose (Germany) [LWF] Robinho (Brazil) I'll explain the wingers: Van Persie is there because I need him there to feel good about my national team and Robinho is there because Brazil only started playing football when he was in the field. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2006 GK: Buffon LB: Ashley Cole CB: John Terry CB: Cannavaro RB: Zambrotta LMF: Joe Cole CMF: Rosicky CMF: Deco RMF: C.Ronaldo CF: Miroslav Klose CF: Thierry Henry P.S Even though I hate C.Ronaldo, I don't doubt his talent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2006 GK- Ricardo (Portugal) LB-Philipp Lahm (Germany) CB-John Terry (England) CB-Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) RB-Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy) LM-Joe Cole (England) CM-Bastian Schveinsteiger (Germany) CM-Patrick Viera (France) RM-Steven Gerrard (England) CF-Miroslav Klose (Germany) CF-Fernando Torres (Spain) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 8, 2006 Buffon (italy) Zambrotta (italy) Canavaro (italy) Terry (england) Lahm (Germany) Requilme (Argentina) makalele (France) Guttuso (italy) C. Ronaldo (portugal) Torres (spain) Henry (France) Cant belive people chose recardo. hes useless till penalties. buffon not concedded any goals against opponents apart from one own goal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 Cant belive people chose recardo. hes useless till penalties. buffon not concedded any goals against opponents apart from one own goal. It was a difficult decision for me to make. I think Ricardo's performances have been great, along with Lehmann's and Buffon's. Although, i think Buffon has been heavily protected by his back 4. In the end, Ricardo just about nabbed it for me, but it wasn't an easy decision to make. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 Cant belive people chose recardo. hes useless till penalties. buffon not concedded any goals against opponents apart from one own goal. Definitely not useless. He has been a great keeper, even outside of penalties. Btw, i'm curious about your sig, Max. What's that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 Definitely not useless. He has been a great keeper, even outside of penalties. Btw, i'm curious about your sig, Max. What's that? Well the preformance against germany was proof of stupidity he has in trying to look good for the camera. the sig refers to a presentation i done back in the day about Batistuta, the greatest finisher this world has seen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 GK : Lehman (Germany) DR : Zambrotta (Italy) DC : Terry (England) DC : Cannavaro (Italy) DL : Lahm (Germany) MR : Maxi Rodriguez (Argentina) MC : Ballack (Germany) MC : Gattuso (Italy) ML : Zidane (France) SC : Klose (Germany) SC : Torres (Spain) For me, I was toying with Ronaldo instead of Zidane but I like Zidane more. And Zambrotta was the only RB who came to mind Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 Well the preformance against germany was proof of stupidity he has in trying to look good for the camera. the sig refers to a presentation i done back in the day about Batistuta, the greatest finisher this world has seen. I mean the Nintendo logo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 9, 2006 I mean the Nintendo logo. Fiorentina were sponsered by nintendo for over 5 years, just like arsenal and sega. the shirt was worn by batistuta, rui costa and juliano. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 ^ I remember seeing a picture of that in ONM/NOM whenever. Anyway, my WC XI GK: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) DF: Ashley Cole (England) DF: Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) DF: Lucas Neill (Australia) MF: Ricardo Kaka (Brazil) MF: Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic) MF: Steven Gerrard (England) MF: Alessandro Del Piero (Italy) FW: Miroslav Klose (Germany) FW: Fabio Grosso (Italy) FW: Lukas Podolski (Germany) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 Fiorentina were sponsered by nintendo for over 5 years, just like arsenal and sega. the shirt was worn by batistuta, rui costa and juliano. Thks, didn't know about that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 Ricardo was the best goal keeper this world cup, you have to admit that. I'm not savy enough to make a dream team :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 Ricardo was the best goal keeper this world cup, you have to admit that. I'm not savy enough to make a dream team :P Buffon/Lehmann/Kahn/Cech/Van der Sar/Coupet (and maybe even Hislop ) would not have conceided that Schweinsteiger goal in the third place match. I understand the Portugese hype, but he's an average goal keeper when he's not stopping penalties. If he was that great, he wouldn't be playing for Benfica. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 He doesn't play for Benfica, he plays for sporting. And Benfica is a great team, so shut your mouth Of course that he fails sometimes, everyone does, but from what I saw in this world cup, he was the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 10, 2006 Buffon/Lehmann/Kahn/Cech/Van der Sar/Coupet (and maybe even Hislop ) would not have conceided that Schweinsteiger goal in the third place match. I quote thee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
