Champions League - Team of the week

Eurosport - Fri, 12 Dec 12:06:00 2008

It has not been the best week for English teams in the Champions League and as a result Wayne Rooney is the solitary representative from the Premier League in our best-of XI.

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Goalkeeper: Stanislav Bogush (Dynamo Kiev) - The Ukrainian stopper kept Fenerbahce at bay with a string of saves and helped secure his side a place in the UEFA Cup.

Right-back: Andreas Hinkel (Celtic) - Hinkel put in a good shift against Villarreal, and made a superb saving tackle to deny Chilean Mathias Fernandez early on.

Centre-back: Bruno Alves (Porto) - In addition to a commanding defensive performance, Alves got himself on the scoresheet against Arsenal with a powerful header from a corner.

Centre-back: Steve Olfers (Aalborg) - Made an excellent tackle to deny Manchester United's Paul Scholes late on and impressed throughout.

Left-back: Juan Vargas (Fiorentina) - The Peruvian full-back was impressive against Steaua Bucharest, patrolling his flank confidently and supplying an inch-perfect cross to set up Fiorentina's winner.

Right midfield: Lisandro López (Porto) - Lisandro's goal against Arsenal was a real belter, the wideman racing in behind Mikael Silvestre and crashing a shot into the roof of the net.

Central midfield: Matteo Brighi (Roma) - Brighi put Roma ahead against Bordeaux, setting the Italians up for a victory which would send them through top of Group A.

Central midfield: Giorgios Karagounis (Panathinaikos) - Karagounis is a fine ball carrier, and he caused Anorthosis Famagusta all kinds of trouble with his mazy dribbles in Greece. It might have been scrappy, but his goal put the Greek side top of their group and above Internazionale.

Left midfield: Arjen Robben (Real Madrid) - Robben produced a swashbuckling performance against Zenit St Petersburg. The flying Dutchman got on the scoresheet with an absolute belter and will have impressed new manager Juande Ramos no end after his red card at the weekend.

Centre forward: Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich) - The German international bagged a clinical brace against Lyon, linking superbly with Franck Ribery to run the French side ragged.

Centre forward: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - Rooney attacks every game as if it were his last, and United's clash against Aalborg was no exception. The England forward worked tirelessly, scored a fine goal and still found time for some handbags.

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  1. VARGAS SERA DE MUCHA UTILIDAD A LA FIORENTINA. SOLO ES­ CUESTION DE CONFIANZA PORQUE CALIDAD TIENE.
    MUCHA­ SUERTE LOCO.

    From victor manuel, on Sat 13 Dec 1:03AM

  2. Ribery has to be included too!

    From Andreas, on Fri 12 Dec 11:02AM

  3. WERE IS GREAT RAUL? RAUL HAS BEEN SINSILATING 4 MADRID­ AND IN THE CPL, HE OUGHT TO BE THERE INSTEAD OF ROONEY.­ ENGLISH PRESS MAKE A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLE, MAY BE COS­ HE'S ENGLISH THAT'S Y HE'S GIVEN SO MUCH­ PREFRENCE AHEAD OF GREAT RAUL. FROM SEEDORF LALA.­ NIGERIA

    From seedhorf lala, on Fri 12 Dec 7:33AM

  4. Ok. Totti has to join Italy national team. What's­ wrong with this guy, he can play for great Lippi!

    From vfeldman, on Fri 12 Dec 5:18AM

  5. Yeh where is Raul and Ribery? They both had great games

    From Richard, on Fri 12 Dec 5:15AM

  6. no Ribery?
    he destroyed Lyon scoring 1 and setting up­ Klose.

    ohh wait he is French thats why...........

    From shizzelez, on Fri 12 Dec 2:58AM

  7. Finally Karagounis. He's a great midfielder.

    From AJ, on Thu 11 Dec 9:25PM

  8. where da hell is Raul in the TOP 10, come-on guys, this­ guy scored 2 goals the 2nd goal was absolutely superb,­ please guys give some respect, anyway am not suprised­ 'cos this is an english site, why would ronney not­ be ahead of the Great RAUL (Higest goals scorrer in the­ CL and the Superb goals this week)...........

    From Abba kibiya, on Thu 11 Dec 7:48PM

  9. ROONEY deserves it because he was absolutely­ outstanding carrying the team on his shoulders and not­ only because of his goal!!!!!!

    From roy_elias10, on Thu 11 Dec 6:00PM

  10. rooney on this list...stupid..damn stupid..

    From suyash, on Thu 11 Dec 5:45PM

  11. fgraba is right, Liverpool were the best english side­ this week. Ryan Babel deserves a nod, along with­ Riera, who did score the best goal. Also, Raul should­ be ahead of Wayne Rooney. Rooney scored a goal he­ should have, and didn't show the work rate Carlos­ Tevez did. Tevez ahead of Rooney, and Raul ahead of­ Tevez.

    From Tom, on Thu 11 Dec 5:00PM

  12. As my previous comments were ignored, here's­ another one. Liverpool were the best English team in­ Europe this week, despite your comment that English­ team had not done well this week! They Won away from­ home, with a second string team, best Central defender­ in Carragher and the Best goal scored in europe this­ week by Riera! Your article is not very objective!

    From fgraba, on Thu 11 Dec 1:56PM

  13. How many games in a row does F. Totti need to score­ winning goal to get in this team?
    At least you picked­ M. Brighi this time.
    Get a life.

    From Baywatch, on Thu 11 Dec 1:48PM

  14. yes shame they could not get his name right though
    its­ andreas hinkel

    From simonk, on Thu 11 Dec 12:26PM

  15. nice to see hinkel get a mention, he is coming onto a­ game

    From james, on Thu 11 Dec 12:18PM

  16. so this is also a fix the same as the team of epl week­ then

    From Team Terry, on Thu 11 Dec 12:08PM

  17. rooney for prime minister

    From robertvarley86, on Thu 11 Dec 11:55AM
  18. Comment hidden due to its low rating. Show

    Rooney ahead of Raul?

    From Rob K, on Thu 11 Dec 11:44AM
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