Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Del Piero And Chiellini Nominated For UEFA Top 11
With the year drawing to a close, the initiatives to award the best players of the last 11 months are on the increase. Even the UEFA official website has launched a voting system for the award of Team of the Year 2008.
60 candidates have been nominated from amongst which will be chosen the best 11 players and the best coach. Amongst these are the names of two Juventus players who left their mark both in the national championship and in Europe: Alessandro Del Piero and Giorgio Chiellini.
Del Piero will be competing for one of the places in the attack. The captain was amongst the protagonists of the first part of the Champions League 2008/09 and with four goals scored (apart from the one in the preliminaries) is in the top scorer list. One of his goals, the one scored at the Olimpico against Real Madrid has been classified amongst the 10 most beautiful goals.
Great exploit by Chiellini. After a great European championship during which he was one of the best players of the unlucky azzurri squad, the player from Livorno confirmed himself as being a pillar in the defence even during the first matches of the Champions League, even scoring a goal in the first leg against Artmedia Bratislava. Giorgio is a candidate for one of the positions of central defender.
The Team of the Year will be chosen by the supporters, who can vote on-line on www.uefa.com up to the 12th of January 2009.
Juventus.com
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