Well when a 33 year old is the player of his team, winning like 3/4 man of the match awards on the way to the final, I think they deserve all the plaudits they get. He also just came off an undefeated season in Italy, so overrated no. Not even flavour of the moment like Jordi Alba seems to be.

RvB

Netherlands6222 Posts

July 03 2012 08:38 GMT

#42

On July 03 2012 09:45 pallad wrote:

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No , you cant read , or cant think.. dunno what..

I write that Buffon carry Italy to finals , not Pirlo. Pirlo was playing superb so what ? , everyone know that Pirlo was superb in Euro 2012 , but now imagine that buffon DIDIN'T save Italy so many times..all these super pirlo assists are not important.. then..yes ?

So all Pirlo fanboys ( i like him to ) can write that Pirlo carry Italy to final... but no one write buffon name.. ? common.. he saved good score for Italy like 6 times..all you see is balloteli goal and pirlo passes...

Pirlo was more important for this Italy.. The whole team played in service of Pirlo just so he could make the play which he did except for the finals. He definetly was Italy's best player and prandelli and the whole team knew it that's what got them so far not the saves of Buffon.

DragoonTT

3398 Posts

July 03 2012 08:40 GMT

#43

On July 03 2012 10:05 Steveling wrote:
I'm not amused with the absense of Kyriakos Papadopoulos as well. I'm not tired of saying that he's the best cb in the planet in his age.
No Jordi Alba, wat?

If there's no Hummels because he made one mistake against Italy, there'll be no Greece defenders because they all looked bad against Germany, especially their central defenders. And Papadopoulos/Sokratis have a long way to go to become anything near world class, too - even though both did quite well last Bundesliga season as well as during the EURO group phase. Quite well, but not outstandingly so.

Lahm, Pique, Ramos all shouldn't be on the list. Lahm did next to nothing for Germany except the 1-0 against Greece, caused the 2-0 for Italy and failed as a captain. Pique was shaky throughout the whole tournament, and if the referee had called out Ramos' foul against Croatia, we'd possibly had seen a whole other tournament.

Malinor

Germany4728 Posts

July 03 2012 08:41 GMT

#44

Iniesta for me, without a doubt. Top three would be 1) Iniesta 2) C.Ronaldo and 3) Khedira. I did not find Pirlo that impressive, maybe I missed some of his genius this tournament.

Aeroplaneoverthesea

United Kingdom1977 Posts

July 03 2012 10:14 GMT

#45

lol @ the options.

No Alba and only two of your picks have any business being on the list.

Hazzyboy

Estonia555 Posts

July 03 2012 10:47 GMT

#46

UEFA awarded Iniesta player of the tourney - basically cuz his team won. They always award best player to 1st place team.

Sated

England4983 Posts

July 03 2012 12:08 GMT

#47

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Narcotic

Italy101 Posts

July 03 2012 14:30 GMT

#48

Pirlo, ez pz

kyllinghest

Norway1607 Posts

July 03 2012 15:31 GMT

#49

This is between Pirlo and Alonso for me. Iniesta not too far off either, Arbeloa was rock solid and the most offensive defender in the tournament, and I think Khedira was amazing aswell.

Risen

United States7927 Posts

July 03 2012 19:54 GMT

#50

Other: Jordiii Allllbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Holgerius

Sweden16951 Posts

July 03 2012 22:43 GMT

#51

Iniesta is a typical ''Let's just pick a guy from the winning team'' kind of choice IMO. Pirlo was the brightest shining star in this tournament.

Hazzyboy

Estonia555 Posts

July 04 2012 01:39 GMT

#52

For fun checked some other sport sites for same poll (except uefa) and Pirlo won everywhere

Again sadly for him it was his last chance to win EURO and he never achieved it

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

July 04 2012 04:08 GMT

#53

On July 04 2012 10:39 Hazzyboy wrote:
For fun checked some other sport sites for same poll (except uefa) and Pirlo won everywhere

Again sadly for him it was his last chance to win EURO and he never achieved it

He won the WC. Can't complain.

zul

Germany5427 Posts

July 04 2012 06:14 GMT

#54

On July 02 2012 17:39 SoulTakerz wrote:
Iniesta or Casillas for me.

Exactly. Pirlo couldnt do anything versus spain and wasnt even noticeable. Imo you need to be able to bring your best performance, when playing versus the best team. Pirlo didnt, while the other two did.

GoSuChicken

Germany1726 Posts

July 04 2012 06:56 GMT

#55

On July 04 2012 07:43 Holgerius wrote:
Iniesta is a typical ''Let's just pick a guy from the winning team'' kind of choice IMO. Pirlo was the brightest shining star in this tournament.

and pirlo is just your typical hyped up player....

bGr.MetHiX

Bulgaria511 Posts

July 04 2012 07:12 GMT

#56

cassias for sure

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

July 04 2012 07:25 GMT

#57

Voted other, due to this;

On July 02 2012 20:17 sixfour wrote:
Jordi Alba

Sanctimonius

United Kingdom861 Posts

July 04 2012 08:47 GMT

#58

Alba and Iniesta were great players during this tournament, no doubt, but there was only one man who spent the entire fricken' tournament raising his team up, orchestrating pretty much every attack, making the entire team just better than the sum of its parts, and that man was Gerrar......haha. Can't even say that with a straight face. Pirlo, hands down.