[WC] World Cup 2014 - General Talk Thread (23 Viewers)

[zizinho]

Why not? He was Spain's most important player in their first ever World Cup win and is just a great player in general.

it was a team victory, they hadnt had a player stainding out. maybe he was their most important player, but he wasnt carrying them on his back...

and that formation just sucks. why is every "team of something" having only 3 defenders, no CM/DM just a bunch of strikers and AMs? where is Cafu? the only player in the history of the World Cups that played 3 straight WC finals, most WC appereances, most WC wins... also, both Buffon 2006, and Kahn 2002 where far more impresive than Casillas 2010, they are probably more GKs that had amazing tournaments, so he too has nothing to do there

 

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[Fr3sh]

it was a team victory, they hadnt had a player stainding out. maybe he was their most important player, but he wasnt carrying them on his back...

and that formation just sucks. why is every "team of something" having only 3 defenders, no CM/DM just a bunch of strikers and AMs? where is Cafu? the only player in the history of the World Cups that played 3 straight WC finals, most WC appereances, most WC wins... also, both Buffon 2006, and Kahn 2002 where far more impresive than Casillas 2010, they are probably more GKs that had amazing tournaments, so he too has nothing to do there

 

[ALC]

it was a team victory, they hadnt had a player stainding out. maybe he was their most important player, but he wasnt carrying them on his back...

and that formation just sucks. why is every "team of something" having only 3 defenders, no CM/DM just a bunch of strikers and AMs? where is Cafu? the only player in the history of the World Cups that played 3 straight WC finals, most WC appereances, most WC wins... also, both Buffon 2006, and Kahn 2002 where far more impresive than Casillas 2010, they are probably more GKs that had amazing tournaments, so he too has nothing to do there

Yeah, because when teams like Italy, Germany, or Brazil won it, it was all because of one standout player. Zidane was horrible the year France won the World Cup.

 

[ZoSo]

Iniesta deserves to be there, maybe on the bench. Puyol and Casillas are jokes and should be replaced with Buffon/Zoff & Cannavaro. Cannavaro should be in starting XI. Not sure what Klose is doing there over the likes of Baggio.

 

[zizinho]

Yeah, because when teams like Italy, Germany, or Brazil won it, it was all because of one standout player. Zidane was horrible the year France won the World Cup.

he also carried them to the final, and if it wasnt for that red card, and Domenech taking Henry out just before the penalties, who knows what might have happened... for the bolded part, ofcourse it wasnt like this. but they all had a leader on the field, a player who would lead the others when things dont go as planed. Iniesta isnt such, he is in that list just because Spain won the WC and a spanish paper made that team. both Robben and Sneijder had better WCs 2010 than him, Pirlo 2006 was also much better, not to mention the earlier WCs with Baggio 1994 etc. Iniesta played one solid WC so far in his career, scored a goal in the final and suddenly some people put him in the same team with those greats.

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Iniesta deserves to be there, maybe on the bench. Puyol and Casillas are jokes and should be replaced with Buffon/Zoff & Cannavaro. Cannavaro should be in starting XI. Not sure what Klose is doing there over the likes of Baggio.

Klose is there mainly because he scored 14 WC goals and may become the all time leader this summer (Ronaldo has 15). he is also the only one who had 3 great WCs in a row (2002-5 goals, 2006-5 goals, 2010-4goals) but youre right, this isnt enough to be in this team. Baggio is definetly ahead.

and there shoudl be more DMs/CMs in such teams. its not like only atacking players play football...

 

[Fr3sh]

'muricans

 

[zizinho]

 

[ALC]

So biased it's not even funny. Baggio

 

[zizinho]

you didnt watch the WC 1994? it was in your country.

and Baggios WC 1994 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Iniestas 2010. its not even a contest...

 

[Bianconero81]

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[Fr3sh]

Fack Baggio.

 

[ZoSo]

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[Fr3sh]

So biased it's not even funny. Baggio

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Fack Baggio.

@Emmet

 

[Fr3sh]

@Emmet

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Dunga

Biggest scrub to ever win a World Cup.

 

[Fr3sh]

 

[Xperd]

you didnt watch the WC 1994? it was in your country.

and Baggios WC 1994 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Iniestas 2010. its not even a contest...

Dint you say that you've been watching football since 2006 ?
I bet you're no older than rakib.Maybe 1 or 2 yrs older.

 

[Osman]

Baggio was great in both 90 and 94, defenitely a better WC player then Iniesta. But for that makeshift lineup, Baggio would be competing with the strikers, and notice how they only included WC winners more or less (exceptions like Cruyff ofcourse) hence no Baggio.

 

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