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[neekoy]

Alright then Oki, I challenge you to pick 23 players that were better then Figo and Zidane

[Oklahoma]

These are the 23 selected by FIFA:

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).

Agree with most.

SO now I have to change Zidane and Figo (and taking in consideration only what they did in the WC).

My choices would be:(2 of the 3)

Maxi Rodriguez

Riquelme

Mascherano

[neekoy]

These are the 23 selected by FIFA:

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).

Agree with most.

SO now I have to change Zidane and Figo (and taking in consideration only what they did in the WC).

My choices would be:(2 of the 3)

Maxi Rodriguez

Riquelme

Mascherano

Terry, Ze Roberto, Henry, Riquleme, Toni? Gerrard was better then Terry, Kaka was better then Ze Roberto, Sagnol was better the Henry, Saviola was better then Riquelme and I am not even goign to start with Toni.

I can see Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta and Pirlo in that list I would have had ahead of Zidane and the rest are at least on par with Figo.

[Rovermatt]

Polling was open until after the match. 4 years ago they closed it at the half and Kahn won, only to let in 2 soft goals.

One soft goal. Ronaldo's second was a brilliant finish.

[Oklahoma]

Terry, Ze Roberto, Henry, Riquleme, Toni? Gerrard was better then Terry, Kaka was better then Ze Roberto, Sagnol was better the Henry, Saviola was better then Riquelme and I am not even goign to start with Toni.

I can see Buffon, Cannavaro, Zambrotta and Pirlo in that list I would have had ahead of Zidane and the rest are at least on par with Figo.

I said I agree with most, not all!

If I was going to select the 23, I would have to see all the games.