Juve keep hold of Balon d'Or? (2 Viewers)

[Bjerknes]

++ [ originally posted by azzurri7 ] ++


Deco can kiss my butt , hope he wont get the award

Why is that? Are you still hoping Del Piero will win it?

Deco's displays in the Champions' League were second to none, and he was the mastermind behind most of the goals Porto actually scored. He was absolutely brilliant in the Final as well.

 

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[Elnur_E65]

And he very much impresses at Barcelona this year.

 

[Azzurri7]

++ [ originally posted by Andy ] ++


Why is that? Are you still hoping Del Piero will win it ?

Deco's displays in the Champions' League were second to none, and he was the mastermind behind most of the goals Porto actually scored. He was absolutely brilliant in the Final as well.

This has nothing to do with Dp

anyhow i know he played well, but i dislike this player alot, i prefer Ronaldinio or Sheva would be much better

 

[erado]

Agreed with Andy.

Deco should win it as he make significant contributions in Champions League and Euro2004. Balon d'Or is based on performances on that year, juz like the year where Nedved won it with his performances.

There is no doubt that Sheva is one the best strikers around and his contributions for Milan as been always consistence and vital. But his CL performance last year isnt really........

But I guess that they will give it to Ronaldino coz he is an Brazilian, high profile and of course, he is also amazing!


Buffon!, yeah he will win it next year, after winning the 04/05 Champions League with Juventus

 

[Maher]

I dont think that any juve player will win it , according to chanel4 it will go either to sheva or roladineo (i hope roladineo)

 

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Yeah, Roladineo's great

 

[Majed]

was that necessary?

 

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I guess not. Sorry.

 

[Azzurri7]

++ [ originally posted by Majed ] ++
was that necessary?

Majed, your previous avatar looked much better , i really liked that one

 

[Desmond]

with those avatars majed and gray look like a couple or something

 

[Lilianna]

balon d'or can go to anyone.
just not in sheva's hands...

i want buffon to get it though!

 

[simpson-juvefan]

I think our players will have better chances next year when we have won the CL this year!

 

[Azzurri7]

Nedved hands crown to Sheva Tuesday 9 November, 2004

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2003 European Player of the Year Pavel Nedved claims Andriy Shevchenko deserves to take the title.


“It has rarely happened in the history of the Balon d’Or,” said the Czech international, “but it’s not out of the question that two East Europeans will win in successive seasons.”


The Juventus midfielder was crowned the best player on the continent last year and hopes the trophy remains in Italy.


“Shevchenko would deserve it, as I’ve seen him close at hand over the last few years. It’s more difficult to score goals in Serie A than anywhere else, but that doesn’t stop Andriy getting on target regularly.”


The Ukrainian has been named as one of the favourites to win the journalists’ vote in December, along with Adriano, Deco and Ronaldinho. His fine current form for Milan in the League – netting seven goals in nine games – is also helping his cause.


“Every time that Milan seem to be in some difficulty,” added Nedved, “he comes along to get them out of trouble. His goals are always decisive.”


Scoring in each leg of the Champions’ League Group clash with Barcelona also put his name in the headlines, so with this endorsement from the reigning European Player of the Year, Shevchenko could finally get his award.

 

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The fifty nominations for the European Footballer of the Year award, organised by France Football magazine, have been announced. Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga each have 14 representatives, while the English Premiership has 12, the Bundesliga four and France’s Ligue 1 three. The Portuguese and Greek leagues complete the list with two and one representative, respectively.
By players’ nationality, Brazil lead the way with seven nominations, followed by France and Greece with six each. Then come Italy, Portugal and Spain with five each. The Czech Republic and England have four each; Sweden and the Netherlands two each; and Argentina, Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Ukraine one each.

By club, AC Milan have six nominations, Barcelona and Real Madrid five each, Chelsea, Juventus, Manchester United and Valencia four each, Arsenal three, Porto, Roma and Werder Bremen two each. Inter, Schalke, Liverpool, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Olympiakos, Borussia Dortmund and Bologna each have one reprersntative.


European Footballer of the Year Nominations: The List in Full


Adriano (Brazil - Inter Milan, Italy)
Ailton (Brazil - Schalke 04, Germany)
Roberto Ayala (Argentina - Valencia, Spain)
Ruben Baraja (Spain) - Valencia, Spain)
Milan Baros (Czech Republic - Liverpool, England)
Fabien Barthez (France) - Olympique Marseille, France)
David Beckham (England - Real Madrid, Spain)
Gianluigi Buffon (Italy - Juventus, Italy)
Petr Cech (Czech Republic - Chelsea, England)
Angelos Haristeas (Greece - Werder Bremen, Germany)
Deco (Portugal - Barcelona, Spain)
Traianos Dellas (Greece - AS Roma, Italy)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast - Chelsea, England)
Emerson (Brazil - Juventus, Italy)
Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon - Barcelona, Spain)
Luis Figo (Portugal - Real Madrid, Spain)
Ludovic Giuly (France)- Barcelona, Spain)
Thierry Henry (France)- Arsenal, England)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden - Juventus, Italy)
Juninho Pernambucano (Brazil - Olympique Lyon, France)
Kaka (Brazil - AC Milan, Italy)
Michalis Kapsis (Greece - Girondins Bordeaux, France)
Frank Lampard (England - Chelsea, England)
Henrik Larsson (Sweden - Barcelona, Spain)
Paolo Maldini (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Maniche (Portugal - Porto, Portugal)
Johan Micoud (France) - Werder Bremen, Germany)
Mista (Spain)- Valencia, Spain)
Fernando Morientes (Spain) - Real Madrid, Spain)
Pavel Nedved (Czech Republic - Juventus, Italy)
Alessandro Nesta (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Antonis Nikopolidis (Greece - Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece)
Andrea Pirlo (Italy - AC Milan, Italy)
Jose Antonio Reyes (Spain) - Arsenal, England)
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal - Chelsea, England)
Ronaldinho (Brazil - Barcelona, Spain)
Ronaldo (Brazil - Real Madrid, Spain)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal - Manchester United, England)
Wayne Rooney (England - Manchester United, England)
Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic - Borussia Dortmund, Germany)
Paul Scholes (England - Manchester United, England)
Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands - AC Milan, Italy)
Yourkas Seitaridis (Greece - Porto, Portugal)
Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine - AC Milan, Italy)
Francesco Totti (Italy - AS Roma, Italy)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Netherlands - Manchester United, England)
Vicente (Spain) - Valencia, Spain)
Patrick Vieira (France)- Arsenal, England)
Thodoris Zagorakis (Greece - Bologna, Italy)
Zinedine Zidane (France)- Real Madrid, Spain)



PREVIOUS WINNERS

2003: Pavel Nedved
2002: Ronaldo
2001: Michael Owen
2000: Luis Figo
1999: Rivaldo
1998: Zinedine Zidane
1997: Ronaldo
1996: Matthias Sammer
1995: George Weah
1994: Hristo Stoitchkov
1993: Roberto Baggio

 

[Bjerknes]

Good stuff Graham. Funny how people say the EPL has the best players.

 

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Oops I screwed up the tags; gimme a sec before you shoot me down over it

 

[3pac]

ive always got confused with this, sorry if its kind of random

is shevchenko's first name "andriy" or "andrev" because ive seen it as both?

 

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Andriy

 

[3pac]

k thanks

i think he should get the award. buffon is good but he had a pretty bad season last year, regardless of how awful the defence was.

 

[Eaglesnake_1]

I prefer Ronaldinho to Sheva......