Disgracefull

[Serko]

to make it into the 23 man squad of the tournament. How the feck did he manage to get in after his displays against Sweden and Ecuador?

[Guz]

Fish face Ferdinand was better than Terry.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

surprised any England player made it. Cole & Stevie were England's best, but rarely perfromed close to their average, let-alone best

[Stevie H]

ridiculous. trying to tell me that there haven't been four better centre-backs than terry at this world cup?

[Leo No.8]

ridiculous. trying to tell me that there haven't been four better centre-backs than terry at this world cup?

 

At this tournament you could name Cannavaro, Carvalho, Gallas, Thuram, Nesta, Marquez, Ayala and Osorio without even having to think hard.

 

I rate Terry really highly, but he wasn't anywhere near at his best in Germany.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

ridiculous. trying to tell me that there haven't been four better centre-backs than terry at this world cup?

2 of them for Italy; Portugal conceded what - 2? goals; Argentina, Germany...

[Gilps]

The most ridiculous thing is that the Argentina midfield has been entirely snubbed. The 23 in full:

 

Fifa's World Cup squad of the tournament

 

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal)

 

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), John Terry (England), Lilian Thuram (France), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal)

 

Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Patrick Vieira (France), Zinedine Zidane (France), Michael Ballack (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy), Luis Figo (Portugal), Maniche (Portugal)

 

Strikers: Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Thierry Henry (France), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Francesco Totti (Italy), Luca Toni (Italy)

[_00_deathscar]

TOTTI?

 

TOTTI?

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

Figo? He's been good, but Riquelme & Rodriguez should be in there ahead of him, for starters

[Barnesy_10]

Ballack?

 

hes been marginally better than Lampard in this tournament... i.e. still very s****

[Boca]

The most ridiculous thing is that the Argentina midfield has been entirely snubbed. The 23 in full:

 

Fifa's World Cup squad of the tournament

 

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Jens Lehmann (Germany), Ricardo (Portugal)

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Argentina), John Terry (England), Lilian Thuram (France), Philipp Lahm (Germany), Fabio Cannavaro (Italy), Gianluca Zambrotta (Italy), Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal)

 

Midfielders: Ze Roberto (Brazil), Patrick Vieira (France), Zinedine Zidane (France), Michael Ballack (Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Italy), Gennaro Gattuso (Italy), Luis Figo (Portugal), Maniche (Portugal)

 

Strikers: Hernan Crespo (Argentina), Thierry Henry (France), Miroslav Klose (Germany), Francesco Totti (Italy), Luca Toni (Italy)

 

 

None of these should be next nor near the squad of the tournament.

[cymrococh]

Ze Roberto?

[Leo No.8]

Ze Roberto and Ballack but no Riquelme?

 

Totti being in there just shows how poor strikers were in general during this tournament. I thought 'Totti WTF?', then couldn't think of any other strikers who'd been any good!

 

Drogba looked OK but the Ivory Coast went out early...

Edited July 7, 2006 by Leo No.8

[Bailo]

Pleasantly suprised Toni is in there, his performances have been first class but hasn't got the goals he deserved. Great striker.

[Maldini]

That squad is laughable.

[_00_deathscar]

That squad is laughable.

 

Perhaps, but have you seen the England 23?

[berdoing]

What's Henry doing there? And Ballack?! And Ricardo?!?!

[_00_deathscar]

 

I thought you were from Norway. You win

 

 

Hong Kong by the way.