Euro 2012 team of the tournament

Pinturicchio

Go on then.


Buffon

Lahm
Pepe
Sergio Ramos
Jordi Alba

Busquets
Pirlo
Iniesta

Dzagoev
Ronaldo
Torres

Easy Rod

Casillas

Alba
Hummels
Ramos
Lahm

Alonso
Ozil
Pirlo

Iniesta
Balotelli
Ronaldo

Paully D

I've probably forgotten a few but anyway:

Casillias

Pereira Hummels Pepe Alba

Pirlo Schweingster

Ozil Iniesta Silva

Ronaldo

Subs: Buffon, Lahm, Ramos, De Rossi, Fabregas, Balotelli, Ibrahimovic

LostBoy101

Buffon

Alba
Hummels
Pepe
Lahm

Ozil
Pirlo
Ineista
De Rossi

Ronaldo
Balotelli

Kirby

Casillas

Alba
Hummels
Pepe
Lahm

Iniesta
Pirlo
Xavi

Ronaldo
Balotelli
Torres

Obvious choices are obvious.

Washington Irving

Casillas (there wasn't any standout keeper imo, but Casillas conceded the least goals)

Lahm Ramos Hummels Alba

Alonso Pirlo
Ozil

Ronaldo Iniesta
Gomez (could be Balotelli or Torres too)


Bench: Buffon, Pepe, Busquets, Schweinsteiger, Gerrard, Ashavin, Klose

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Casillas
Lahm --- Hummels --- Ramos --- Alba
Alonso --- Pirlo
Ozil --- Iniesta --- Fabregas
Balotelli

Pinturicchio

Fabio Coentrao was excellent I thought. He's just unlucky a player in his position was one of the players of the tournament.

Casillas was barely tested in the whole tournament, whereas Buffon made some excellent saves.

I'm normally a Xavi fanboy, but he wasn't at his best this time around.

Lawrence1895

Schweinsteiger and Ozil? Don't know, they didn't show that much against Italy. But Mats Hummels was outstanding, so was Fabregas tonight.

CSF

Was Balotelli good in any games other than the German one? I'm struggling to think of one. Still thinking mine through.

Mr.Nice Guy

Not much love shown to the Portuguese midfield. I thought they were terrific.

Casillas

Alba
Pique
Ramos
Gebre Selassie

Moutinho
Pirlo
Ozil

Ronaldo
Fabregas
Iniesta

Jimmy Iovine

Gonna go for a bit of a crazy one here.

Buffon
Lahm - Hummels - Pepe - Alba
Pirlo
Ozil - Iniesta - Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic - Cassano

MD1990

Buffon

Gebre Selassie
Pepe
Ramos
Alba

Alonso
Pirlo
Ozil

Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic
Iniesta

Nuri Sahin

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Buffon

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Lahm

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Ramos -- Hummels --- Alba-

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Khedira

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Alonso -- Pirlo

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Ronaldo ---

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Balotelli

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Probably felt a bit pushed to include 3 Spanish players admittedly.

I really wanted to have Contrao in there, exceptional display for him. Was considering him over Lahm truth be told, and I'm a massive fan of the Bayern man.

Pepe, Fabregas, Cassano, Moutinho, Ibra, Pilar, Selasie, De Rossi, Gerrard, Xavi and Agger deserve notable mentions.

Pinturicchio

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Not much love shown to the Portuguese midfield. I thought they were terrific.

They were very good alright.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Gebre Selassie

I was baffled by the praise he was getting. I thought he was poor most of the time.

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Gonna go for a bit of a crazy one here.

Buffon
Lahm - Hummels - Pepe - Alba
Pirlo
Ozil - Iniesta - Ronaldo
Ibrahimovic - Welbeck

I was more or less with you up until Welbeck.

tvercetti

____________Buffon__________

Periera___Pepe___Ramos___Alba

____Alonso__Pirlo__De Rossi____

Iniesta________________Ronaldo

__________Balotelli____________


Not sure on the best striker, Torres maybe. Surprised by others inclusion of Schweinsteiger and Ozil, I expected more from both.

whatawaster

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Casillas

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Husyev

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Ramos

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Hummels----Alba

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Khedira

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Pirlo

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Ozil

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----Ronaldo

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Iniesta

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Torres

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kryogen

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Casillas

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Arbeloa----Hummels----Ramos----Alba

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Pirlo

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Sergio

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Iniesta

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Ozil

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Ronaldo

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Ibrahimovic

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Honourable mentions to Buffon, Torres, Nani, Moutinho and plenty of others I guess

Jimmy Iovine

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I was more or less with you up until Welbeck.

I didn't think there were too many other stand out players really up front. If Torres played another game or two he'd have gotten it. Gomez did absolutely nothing. Balotelli was both good and bad at the same time.

I think I might change Welbeck to Cassano actually.

CongoPowers

Casillas
Sergio Ramos Piqué Jordi Alba
Alonso
Busquets Pirlo
Özil
Ronaldo Cesc Iniesta

I know everyone’s going for Hummels, and he did have a very good tournament, but Spain conceded just the one goal and Piqué did have the better semi-final of the two.

CR is the only genuine attacker that comes to mind for me. He didn’t have a sensational tournament, but he came good in two games and then didn’t really have a chance against Spain.

Cesc because despite not playing at his best, he was crucial in Spain actually winning the tournament (goal against Italy, winning penalty against Portugal and he had a good final).

I’m not entirely sure about Özil being honest, but he was better than any RB that comes to mind, including Lahm who played at LB if I'm not mistaken.

homerjay2005

CSF wrote: »

Was Balotelli good in any games other than the German one? I'm struggling to think of one. Still thinking mine through.

spot on here, he played well in one game and was poor to average in the others.

he didnt get out of first gear tonight and was his worst game by some distance. very hard to pick a striker, nobody stood out so perhaps best way to go is ronaldo as the front man

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Alonso

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Moutinho

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Pirlo

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Ozil

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Iniesta---

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Ronaldo

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whatawaster

-Ade- wrote: »

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Buffon

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Lahm

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Ramos -- Hummels --- Alba-

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Khedira

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Alonso -- Pirlo

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Ronaldo ---

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Balotelli

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Probably felt a bit pushed to include 3 Spanish players admittedly.

I really wanted to have Contrao in there, exceptional display for him. Was considering him over Lahm truth be told, and I'm a massive fan of the Bayern man.

Pepe, Fabregas, Cassano, Moutinho, Ibra, Pilar, Selasie, De Rossi, Gerrard, Xavi and Agger deserve notable mentions.

Iniesta?

stdidit

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Buffon

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Lahm

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Ramos -- Pepe --- Alba-

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Pirlo

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Alonso --De Rossi

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Iniesta ---

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Ronaldo

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I think Ozil is in far too many teams on here. Dont think he stood out near as much as I had expected.

kryogen

Sure isn't that the beauty of these threads, personally anyone including Alonso over Sergio baffles me

Seaneh

I'd agree, I think De Rossi was a lot better over all 6 games than either.

stdidit

kryogen wrote: »

Sure isn't that the beauty of these threads, personally anyone including Alonso over Sergio baffles me

Your probably right.. I personally cant stand Sergio though, so as wrong an all as it may be, I just couldnt consider him from my team

xtal191

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Buffon

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Debuchy----Ramos----Pepe----Alba

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Pirlo

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Moutinho

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Khedira
Dzagoev

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Iniesta

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Ronaldo

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CongoPowers

I regret picking Özil already. But is there anyone who can be picked ahead of him in that role in my team?

G.K.

Casillas
Pereira-Pepe-Hummels-Alba
Moutinho-Pirlo-Khedira
Dzagoev-Balotelli-Iniesta

Subs from: Buffon, Neuer, Lahm, Johnson, Ramos, Italian CB's, De Rossi, Xavi, Busquets, Cesc, Veloso, Ronaldo, Torres, Cassano, Ozil, Pilar, Modric + more.

larchielads

i noticed everyone who named a full 11 has put alba in their team. is it just cos he scored in the final???? for me coentrao of portugal was far better.

as the thread says "team of tournament" then surely:rolleyes:it must be spains 11 tonight......alba was good but no where near as good as coentrao imho.

if thats the case fabregas was the best striker too:rolleyes:

Jax Teller

Look at Garth Crooks team

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18657918

Holy Jaysus . Glen Johnson and Steven Gerrard .

Eathrin

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Casillas

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Lahm

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Ramos -- Hummels --- Alba-

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Green

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Fabregas -- Pirlo

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Ronaldo ---

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Balotelli

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kryogen

larchielads wrote: »

i noticed everyone who named a full 11 has put alba in their team. is it just cos he scored in the final???? for me coentrao of portugal was far better.

as the thread says "team of tournament" then surely:rolleyes:it must be spains 11 tonight......alba was good but no where near as good as coentrao imho.

if thats the case fabregas was the best striker too:rolleyes:

Alba has not had a bad game has he? And yes Coentrao was very good too, but Alba scoring the goal in the final in yet another very good performance does actually make it ok for him to be considered the best left back in the tournament.

Hardly earth shattering.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Justin10

Was Lahm not poor this tournament? I know I said he wasnt world class, which I accept was wrong, although there is a lack of world class right and left backs.

I thought he was poor this tournament, I do put it down to him playing on the left instead of the natural right side.

kryogen

Rochey18 wrote: »

Was Lahm not poor this tournament? I know I said he wasnt world class, which I accept was wrong, although there is a lack of world class right and left backs.

I thought he was poor this tournament, I do put it down to him playing on the left instead of the natural right side.

Lahm is a natural left back you know

He is comfortable on either, but his natural position is left back and he prefers left back, (been playing there since he was on loan at Stuttgart) he was not poor I think, but he was at fault for an Italian goal in the semi that really should not happen to him and that stuck with me while making my selection rightly or wrongly!

MD1990

Rochey18 wrote: »

Was Lahm not poor this tournament? I know I said he wasnt world class, which I accept was wrong, although there is a lack of world class right and left backs.

I thought he was poor this tournament, I do put it down to him playing on the left instead of the natural right side.

Jordi Alba & Coentrao had great tournaments

larchielads

kryogen wrote: »

Alba has not had a bad game has he? And yes Coentrao was very good too, but Alba scoring the goal in the final in yet another very good performance does actually make it ok for him to be considered the best left back in the tournament.

Hardly earth shattering.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

alba had prob one good game(the final)not sayin he was useless in the rest either but my point is coentrao has offered more to his team than alba does for spain sure if arbeloa scored i suppose he woulda been the best right back too:rolleyes:

Jimmy Iovine

Coletrickle88 wrote: »

Look at Garth Crooks team

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18657918

Holy Jaysus . Glen Johnson and Steven Gerrard .

It's Garth Crooks. I'm convinced he knows absolutely nothing about the game. It wouldn't have surprised me if he had 4 or 5 English players in there.

Remember that interview he did with Sven Goran Eriksson back in '06? Every person watching the game could see that the formation wasn't working, yet Garth had to lick up to Sven and say that certain people seemed to question it but it seemed to work.

It prompted Dunphy to give one of his best quotes, "ha, ha, ha, that's the first time you'll see sex between 2 men live on the BBC".

eagle eye

Why are so many picking Hummels? He had two poor games.

kryogen

larchielads wrote: »

alba had prob one good game(the final)not sayin he was useless in the rest either but my point is coentrao has offered more to his team than alba does for spain sure if arbeloa scored i suppose he woulda been the best right back too:rolleyes:

You appear to have memory issues sir.

Go back and watch it again, or maybe even better long term, realise that now and then, people may actually disagree with what you say and they may even be right!

one more of your buddies for ya? :rolleyes: another one? :rolleyes:

really gets the point across doesnt it :rolleyes:

Justin10

kryogen wrote: »

Lahm is a natural left back you know

I know he is but had played most of the season on the right. I thought he was poor against Portugal, and Italy.

Jordi Alba & Coentrao had great tournaments

I know they did, but I meant in club football week in week out.
Coentrao is a mystery, makes a lot of mistakes but could be blamed on the lack of support from others around him. I thought he was fantastic this tournament, that is why I don't think that excuse can be used for him.

Gbear

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Buffon

Lahm-- Ramos--- Agger--- Coentrao

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Pirlo---- Busquets

Ozil

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Iniesta

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Ronaldo

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Ibrahimovic

I kinda agree that Alba wasn't brilliant and that his goal has massively contributed to his inclusion.

You could easily make the case for a completely different 11 to the one above.
Fantastic tournament. No striker really took it by the scruff of the neck but pretty easy to fill all the other positions.

I must've been watching different Italy games than all the people who chose Cassano. Thought he was pretty bad. He had a stroke though, so fair enough.

larchielads

kryogen wrote: »

You appear to have memory issues sir.

Go back and watch it again, or maybe even better long term, realise that now and then, people may actually disagree with what you say and they may even be right!

one more of your buddies for ya? :rolleyes: another one? :rolleyes:

really gets the point across doesnt it :rolleyes:

im not the one wit memory issues sir, me and my buddies(:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:) are entitled to our opinions too and yours along with others i respect. but my point is over the tournament alba is an easy choice cos he scored in the the final when coentrao has contributed more to his team over the tournament then alba. so my memory is fairly good i would like to think. take away his goal and i would think you might be having a diff left back in there. ok maybe not coentrao it maybe lahm or whoever but my point is alba is an easy choice cos of his goal

kryogen

Rochey18 wrote: »

I know he is but had played most of the season on the right. I thought he was poor against Portugal, and Italy.

Can't say I remember anything sticking out from the Portugal game for him but he played Balotelli onside for the killer goal in that game and that was pretty poor from someone as experienced as him.

kryogen

larchielads wrote: »

im not the one wit memory issues sir, me and my buddies(:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:) are entitled to our opinions too and yours along with others i respect. but my point is over the tournament alba is an easy choice cos he scored in the the final when coentrao has contributed more to his team over the tournament then alba. so my memory is fairly good i would like to think. take away his goal and i would think you might be having a diff left back in there. ok maybe not coentrao it maybe lahm or whoever but my point is alba is an easy choice cos of his goal

If you left out some of the condescending :rolleyes: then you would find your opinion, no matter how people feel about it, will not draw such a narky reply.

If it were not for the goal I would have picked Coentrao, but the fact is that he did play in the final, he did play well and he did score a great and decisive goal! It was pretty close between him and Coentrao for me up to that point, but if you can't see the logic in why the final performance has put him over the top I can't help you.

When putting your point across you don't have to insult others for having a different view to you.

kryogen

It is similar to how common thought was making Pirlo the player of the tournament, and now that has changed after the final to Iniesta, it was pretty close between them too leading into the final, with Pirlo being ahead imo, but after the final I think many now have Iniesta above him.

Oleg Luzhny

Buffon
Gebre Selassie Pepe Bonucci Coentrao
Pirlo De Rossi
Ronaldo Ozil Iniesta
Ibra

larchielads

kryogen wrote: »

If you left out some of the condescending :rolleyes: then you would find your opinion, no matter how people feel about it, will not draw such a narky reply.

If it were not for the goal I would have picked Coentrao, but the fact is that he did play in the final, he did play well and he did score a great and decisive goal! It was pretty close between him and Coentrao for me up to that point, but if you can't see the logic in why the final performance has put him over the top I can't help you.

When putting your point across you don't have to insult others for having a different view to you.

if you had read my previous post you woulda seen that i stated that i respect yours and others opinions for without opinions we would have nothin to talk/argue about.

kryogen

larchielads wrote: »

if you had read my previous post you woulda seen that i stated that i respect yours and others opinions for without opinions we would have nothin to talk/argue about.

This is respectful of others (who included Alba's) opinion?

larchielads wrote: »

i noticed everyone who named a full 11 has put alba in their team. is it just cos he scored in the final???? for me coentrao of portugal was far better.

as the thread says "team of tournament" then surely:rolleyes:it must be spains 11 tonight......alba was good but no where near as good as coentrao imho.

if thats the case fabregas was the best striker too:rolleyes:

I'm happy enough to draw a line under it.

larchielads

kryogen wrote: »

This is respectful of others (who included Alba's) opinion?



I'm happy enough to draw a line under it.

me too,

its nice we all have opinions

Turtwig

Jordi Alba had the assist against France too. His defending was immense and his link up with San andre sublime at times.

My team.
(pardon the spellings)

Casillas(C)

Contrao, Ramos, busquets, Alba,
Alonso, Pirlo
Modric, xavi,
Iniesta, Fabregas

Team Boa.;)