FIFA announces the FIFA/FIFPro World XI of 2010; heavy Barcelona presence
On Monday, FIFA announced the team of the year, the FIFA/FIFPro World XI of 2010. The team included http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296, Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta, who were also the shortlists for the FIFA Ballon d’Or. Also, World Cup-winning
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wesley-Sneijder-c36799 were the entries from Italian Serie A.
Barcelona is the biggest winner in the last year, despite winning only the La Liga title and the Spanish Super Cup. Out of the World XI, six players play their football for Barcelona, including the top three nominations. However,
their presence in this team has generally been credited to Spain’s success in the 2010 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
Due to the World Cup success, six of the Spanish players have been included in the squad as well. However, there is no place for other performers in the World Cup including the best player in that tournament, Diego Forlan, or the
players from third-placed German side, including the top scorer Thomas Muller. The main reason is that these players have failed to maintain the same standard of football throughout the year, which resulted in their failure to get their name amongst the best
of last year.
The most successful club last year was Inter Milan, who won the famous treble under Jose Mourinho. However, Mourinho left before the start of the new season and Rafael Benitez was his replacement at San Siro. Benitez failed to
win the European Super Cup, but he did lift the Italian Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in the last year. Therefore, three of the players from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan have made it into the World XI, including the two Brazilian defenders, Maicon and Lucio, and the Dutchman
Sneijder.
Despite being the third-placed team in South Africa and runners-up in the Champions League (Bayern Munich), http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 has not been able to get any player on that list. There were some players who could have had their name mentioned,
especially http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 and Bayern Munich. However, consistency and fitness is one of the biggest problems for Robben and is the major hurdle in him becoming the best player in the world.
English teams have also failed to land a name in the list of the best eleven players in the world. The poor show by England in the World Cup is one of the major reasons. Also, last year, English teams performed poorly in the Champions
League as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749-based players, who underperformed
in all competitions.
Chelsea was the most successful club last year, winning a domestic double under Carlo Ancelotti. However, this was not enough for them to be recognized at the biggest ceremony of football, held in Zurich on Monday. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wayne-Rooney-c36736
could have been there but the Englishman remained injured towards the end of last season, and he failed to make any impact in the World Cup.
Everyone accepts that Barcelona has grown to be the biggest club in Europe by adopting a policy of improving their youth training system. This policy has borne fruit for the Catalans and it has also left an example for others to
follow. English teams also have to focus on developing their youngsters into superstars, rather than wasting money on getting hold of big names. This might help English clubs in controlling their finances as well, which is also a major aspect of club football.
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