FazWorld football XI by L'Equipe
December 26th 2008 23:56
Prestigious French magazine L'Equipe, has named its football starting XI for the 2008/09 season comprising of the best players of the year.
In a team dominated by European footballers, there were only two South Americans in the whole lineup with Lionel Messi and Daniel Alves making the starting side.
Players from the English Premier League dominated the team with six inclusions, while the Italian Serie A only had the lone representative.
The team that was best represented was Manchester United, with four players ( three of them defenders) making the world XI.
L'Equipe said the side was made up of players who achieved silverware with either club or country in the previous season.
"Our idea of a world XI of 2008 should compromise players who achieved success in Europe last year, whether it be for Manchester United in the Champions League or for Spain in this years Euro competition."
So, with all that in mind, here are the starting eleven as put by L'Equipe.
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid- Spain); Alves (Barcelona- Spain), Río Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic y Patrice Evra (all of Manchester United- England), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool- England), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United- England), Xavi and Lionel Messi (Barcelona- Spain); Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter- Italy) and Fernando Torres (Liverpool- England).
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