++ [ originally posted by fabiana-juve ] ++
Juventus people:
Gigi Buffon or Pavel Nedved?
When it comes to being the best Juve player last season, then Buffon wins by a street imo, whereas Gigi was brilliant both in Europe and SerieA, for me Nedved was brilliant just in SerieA, he was not outstanding in Europe, in fact he was ordinary in most of the games except against Real Madrid in which everyone was outstanding but while other Juve players get stick for playing poorly in Europe, Nedved gets away with it
I agree totally that he is a media darling and his contributions were somewhat exaggerated as most of the games, he came to life in patches, like in Barcelona, apart from the goal he did FA, and in Madrid he was terrible, again at home against Barcelona , does anyone remember any worthwhile contribution, didn't think so
Whereas Buffon was outstanding in almost every game and his penalty save against Figo enabled us to get to the final, in the final itself his save against Inzaghi meant we could say we lost on pens
The only game he might have let himself down in we lost 3-0 against Manu , just to show you if his standards were lower , we would not have got there in the first place
Having said all that , for sheer persistence and giving your all for the cause, I would not be unhappy to see Nedved get it as he has played out of his skin in Serie A, and even in Europe where I personally do not think he has been as good , he has always at least tried to give his all
As for Maldini, I am kinda conflicted as no way was he the best player in Europe last season but he is imo the best ever left back in the world and it would be a travesty just like it was with Baresi, if he didnt ever win it in his career just because he is a defender but then again he won 3 cups so who is say he has not deserved it
I am not sure who said Ronaldo had a bad season but that is totally incorrect as he was Real Madrids leading goal scorer and didnt do too badly in Cl either did he (hatrick in OT, anyone). He won his first ever league title, in his first full season after been plagued by injury, no he was absolutely fantastic imo