Cannavaro - the best footballer in Europe?
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BEST DEFENDER NOT ALL ROUND FOOTBALLER
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Cannavaro, how can someone be the best if he played good only seven games lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have to say Diego Armando Maradona. Just check the World Cup of 1986 and 1990. But mostly 1986. You can tell he was different to all the players there. Pele was part of a great team. Maradona had no team.\nThat's why I said Maradona is the best.
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OH, IT'S CANNAVARO, ALRIGHT. \n\nYOU GOTTA ADMIT, THOUGH. HE SURE LOOKED GOOD BOTH GIVIN' AND GETTIN'. LOL
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I'll vote for whoever I wanna vote for!!! And I voted Cannavaro!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I geuss you people don't read up on european football. Oliver Kahn is not no.1 anymore. Lehmann of Arsenal is. \n\nDamn amateurs.
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Roby Baggio will always be my favorite player, Cannavaro is a great player but no comparison with Baggio, Maldini, Del Piero or Totti, Nesta I would put him in the same category as Cannavro.
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Like I said it before, every year after the WC the award is given to the player from winning team..... IF ITALY DIDN'T WON THE WC HE WOULDN'T EVEN BE NOMINATED..... AND THAT'S A FACT....... second thing is that Italian players didn't show nothing spectacular in this WC, so it was between him, Buffon and Pirlo...... Buffon is in Seria B, what would the rest of the world said if the best European player is playing in Seria B..... Pirlo is not even the best in Milan..... Italy won because of their defense style of play (five goals were from defenders), Cannavaro was captain of the team and their best defender, plus his transfer to Real(one of the most famous clubs in the world) helped him a lot ........ if Buffon was sold in to some big club like he did, Buffon would got this award easily............... so basically they didn't have any choice than to give it to Cannavaro, it's funny and sad at the same time that Italians think that Cannavaro is actually that great and that they don't realize that because of that ONE missed penalty Italy and Cannavaro won!!!!!!
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There have been so many great players in the history of football, and everyone will have a different criteria in their determination of what makes a player ‘iconic’, but there are a few names who I think must surely be in the hat…\n\nAside from Pele and Maradona, who are penned in already, I’d say the most obvious would be the great George Best, who sadly passed away last year.\nPele himself once described Best as ‘the greatest footballer in the world’, and for pure, unadulterated talent he’s certainly up there with finest proponents of the game. He had a unique genius that made him one of the most exciting players of his, or any other generation, as well as one of the first ‘celebrity’ footballers. The cheeky character so evident in his football was mirrored in his personality and the young Best was a star on and off the pitch, but he also had a self-destructive streak that controlled much of his life.\n\nAfter Best, I’d have to consider a good few others:\n\nPuskas – The Hungarian that showed England that rest of the world were actually quite good at football. Fearsomely powerful and one of the finest international goal scorers of all time.\n\nGordon Banks – Seemingly super-human English goalkeeper that made that unbelievable stop from Pele’s close range header in ’70. To my mind the best keeper ever, and in that sense a football icon.\n\nJohan Cruyff – The original Dutch master, he invented half the skills you see today off the top of his head. Wickedly creative, strong and skilful, Cruyff brought something new to the game and was at the heart of one of the most gifted World Cup sides ever.\n\nZidane – In my opinion the greatest player in modern football. Powerful and skilful with ridiculous vision, Zidane is a French playmaker that creates and scores goals that no one else can even imagine, let alone actually realise.\n\nPhew! And I haven’t even mentioned Van Basten, Eusebio, Ronaldo, Henry, Muller, Beckenbauer, Platini, Charlton, Garrincha, Zoff, Di Stefano, Maldini etc, etc…
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No way there is a best GK in the world right now\nMaybe a top 10, 5, 3\nBut to narrow it to just 1 isn't that simple.\nI think Buffon, Casillas And Cech (alphabetical order) are all on the same level.
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yes indeed maldini and baggio are the best players that italy ever had!\nhmmm, well, maldini i say!
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I think the problem is that most people think that because the award is given by FIFA that its related to WC performance alone and forget that this award takes the entire years form and performance into consideration.\n\nEvery one is entitled to their opinions and these great players are only voicing theirs from their perspective, understanding and immense knowledge of the game. It doesn't mean in any capacity that they are being anti Italian or anti Cannavaro. It's purely their own thoughts based on what they have seen over the past year.\n\nCongratulations to whomever wins, they will have deserved it. That includes Cannavaro. If he were not worthy he would not be in contention.
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Andriy Shevchenko / then tied between Frank Lampard / Steven Gerrard\n\nWell, I would say the best players are ones who make the entire team better (through a combination of leadership and also because he is so dangerous on his own that the other team needs to pay more attention, leaving his teammates to cause damage).  Great players can also take over on their own when needed, especially in clutch/difficult situations.\n\nSo, I believe Ronaldinho is the best player in the world, but the second best player should probably be Wayne Rooney.  He causes so much havoc for the other team, injects so much energy into the team spirit and can either take over a game or free up his team to cause damage (Ruud Van Nistelrooy, e.g.).\n\nBut, Man U have not been performing, so the team would have to be Chelsea - therefore, must be Frank Lampard because he can do so many things.  Steven Gerrard plays a similar role, and he is clutch, but I think they both come behind Andriy Shevchenko who scores goals (leads Serie A every year), wins leagues, wins the European Champions League (or gets his team to the final), and makes his teammates better.  So, Andriy Shevchenko!\n\nThierry Henry, if he ever produced in clutch games, would be in this list as well.
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Maradona is definetely, the best.\nactive player I can say messi
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Pele` without a doubt was THE BEST. Following hin very, very far one from Eusebio - George Best - Sivori: it only depends from personal opinion.
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Well, considering they play the best attacking football, I would say one of the Brazilians. Ronaldo is obese and definitely not my favourite, but I would say him, because he is just lethal in front of goal. And with the kinds of Ronaldinho and Kaka feeding him balls, he has a big chance of topping the scorers chart.\n\nAt second place, I put Ruud Van Nistelroy.  He hasn't played much first team football this year with Manchester United, due to the explosion of Wayne Rooney.  But I believe he can make it good for Holland.\n\nIn third, Crespo can have a good campaign, aided by a superb Argentine squad, who will surely proceed to the very final stages of the competition.\n\nPlayers worth of mention, but who will not make it to the top of the scorers list because of their team:\n- Luca Toni (Italy)\n- Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine)\n- Dybril Drogba (Ivory Coast)
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Zidane. He led France but to the Finals. But what he did was foolish. But i will still vote for him. Cannavaro is not the only one who led Italy to the final. Cuz Italy defenders are strong. Not only him. But for France, ZIdane is the most influncing Play maker.