Top 5 defenders of the season 2010/2011 – Rank 2 and 3
3 – Gerard Pique:
The Barcelona centre back was simple phenomenal throughout the season. While the club captain http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331 couldn’t perform throughout the season, Gerard Pique made sure that the team does not concede a lot of goals in order to win the Spanish La Liga and
the UEFA Champions League.
Gerard Pique started his campaign with his favourite centre back Carles Puyol by his side. However, Puyol suffered with a knee injury and Pique had to adapt with other centre backs in the defence.
After helping http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Busquets-c33048 – who is not naturally
a defender. Later, Busquets was replaced by Eric Abidal in the centre back role and as time passed by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Javier-Mascherano-c18071 partnered up with Gerard Pique.
Pique’s season with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 and the Spanish team was phenomenal. He first won the FIFA World Cup 2010 with the Spanish team and then he helped his club win a European double. Pique was on his toes throughout the game against his former club Manchester
United and he conceded only a single goal.
Gerard Pique’s outstanding performance throughout the season makes his the 3rdranked defender during the 2010/2011 season.
2 – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nemanja-Vidic-c27550:
Even though the Manchester United centre back, Nemanja Vidic is hailed as the best defender in the world at the moment, he was not the best during the least season. Vidic’s role was not only to defend; in fact, Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson made him in charge of the
team as he was named Manchester United’s captain.
Vidic helped Manchester Untied to win the English Premier League and also helped the Red Devils to reach the final of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United were not the favourites to win the European competition; rather, they were not even favourites
to win it. However, Vidic formed an invincible partnership with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rio-Ferdinand-c31173 and rarely conceded any goals throughout the Champions League campaign.
Vidic’s outstanding season was summed up when he received the best player award in the Premier League. Vidic simple had one of the most amazing seasons with the Premier League side but he could not help his team win more than one trophy which was the Premier
League.
Vidic also had to experience a few different centre back partners like Jonnny Evans and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Smalling. Evans could not impress while Smalling actually adapted well in the Manchester United first team. Despite having these two players as Ferdinand’s replacements,
Vidic felt more comfortable with the former English captain.
Manchester United had Vidic in their defensive line-up but with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Patrice-Evra-c29231 not having the best of his seasons and the young Brazilian, Rafael playing as a right back for the English Giants, they conceded a lot of goals and were not the best defences in
the Premier League.
On the other hand, Manchester United had the best defence in Europe and they conceded only a single goal in the UEFA Champions League group stages.
Vidic helped United win the Premier League and also took them to the final of the UEFA Champions League. This is the reason why he deserves to be ranked 2nd best defender in the 2010/2011 season.
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