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Sheva takes Ballon D'Or

Milan striker Andrei Shevchenko is the new European Footballer of the Year, it has finally been confirmed.

Shevchenko succeeds Pavel Nedved as the Ballon D'Or winner, after beating Deco into second and Ronaldinho into third respectively.

Arsenal's Thierry Henry was down in fourth place nearly 100 points behind Shevchenko.

"When I started playing football I dreamt to become a big player and to win a prestigious award like this," beamed the Ukraine star. "I'm really happy. I feel myself a more complete and experienced player. But the most important thing is that I have learnt about winning."

Shevchenko was full of praise for his manager Carlo Ancelotti.



"With Carlo Ancelotti I have won and I become a winner," he said.

"Our coach is different in comparison to all the others with which I worked.

"He gives me a big tranquillity, he listens to you. "With him you can talk as a former player in addition to as a coach - he is well prepared."

Greece's Theo Zagorakis took fifth, with Adriano in sixth and former holder Nedved in seventh.

Wayne Rooney was the highest ranking England player as he came in eighth, ahead of Manchester United team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy and Chelsea's Ricardo Carvalho who completed the top ten by being equal ninth.

Other notable English-based performers were Milan Baros (12), Cristiano Ronaldo (12), Didier Drogba (17) and Frank Lampard (17).


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I thought Ronandinho was certain to win it :o

But Baros ahead of Lampard ?

1) Shevchenko 175 votes;
2) Deco 139;
3) Ronaldinho 133;
4) Thierry Henry 80;
5) Zagorakis 44;
6) Adriano 27;
7) Nedved 23;
8) Rooney 22;
9) Ricardo Carvalho, Van Nistelrooy 18;
11) Charisteas 15;
12) Milan Baros, Cristiano Ronaldo 11;
14) Ibrahimovic 8;
15) Eto’o, Kakà 7;
17) Buffon, Dellas, Drogba, Lampard, Morientes 5;
22) Figo 4;
23) Zidane 3;
24) Baraja, Giuly, Maniche, Nikopolidis 2;
28) Maldini, Vicente 1.

Theres the full list for anyone that cares.

LOL at the guy getting 1 vote :$

Kinda pissed off with the Man U/Fulham score

When we bought Diouf and Diao, I thought we'd bought Diop. We bought the wrong fu</>cking players :mad:

Brilliant goal, although United deserved the win.

Fulham fans are quieter than Arsenal fans, and thats saying something. The United fans were really loud for the whole game

I'm suprised Seitaridis didn't get a vote

ALSO

How awesome was Liam Rosenior? Leroy's Son :cool: Was down here for a little while last season, was pretty good then.

THats still not the proper awards thing btw

Yeah that's not the World Player of the Year, and i don't think the European player tends to win both, so it's probably out of Ronaldinho and Henry.

:cool: for Zagorakis being 5th.

Great goal by Diop, i had fanzone on at the time and the Fulham lad was going mad.

Yeah, United's travelling fans are a fair shitload louder than their home fans. Probably because their home crowd is mainly tourists.

It's the same with most clubs, away support better than home. Pompey are an exception though.

How sweet would it be if they combined Arsenal's team with Pompey's fans?

LOL we threw that one away

Well, to be fair, if we were gonna give someone a point, I'm glad it was Pompey.

The first half had to be the worst 45 minutes I've seen all season.

Has Harry Kewell been shit all season?

What a shit resuylt.
Sack Houlier.

He was awesome against Olympiakos, but apart from that, yeah, he's been sh</>it all season.

Can anyone explain to me why Benitez keeps leaving Alonso on the bench :o

Because Benitez doesn't think he has any bottle. Usually when he doesn't play him he plays 2 strikers or one of the more battling defensive midfielders.

But he's Leroys son :cool:

Also, first really strong transfer rumours are coming about for January.

Newcastle have apparently approached Rangers about Jean-Alain Boumsong, and Man City have said Anelka can go if they recieve an offer which is reasonable after they pay off the £4 million they owe PSG. Apparently Liverpool are after him.

Well, all in all, both of them should be Liverpool players anyway, but for Houllier :mad:

Rangers rejected 3 bids, one player plus cash and two cash offers of £7.5 million for Boumsong today.

They'd be crazy not to sell him if they got offered £10 million.

Well they've sorted the money situation out now, they're having a good season, selling him in January might not be the best idea, whatever the price (unless it gets seriously stupid)

Boumsong has a clause in his contract to allow him to talk to Premiership clubs, or something like that, I'm sure I've heard.

After watching them tonight, they need to sell him and get in players QUICK!

:lol: Rangers out of europe and. Auxerre were by far the better team.

:lol: Rangers out of europe. Auxerre were by far the better team.

Yeah, they were pretty awful last night

Christmass has come early. O Leary signed a new deal today eventualy :love: .


Fucking delighted now that hes secured Hitz will sign a new deal and we'll hopefully start biulding togethere a better team

Why the fuck do Palace wanna sign Eyal Berkovic? I think it's a bad move.

they dont, its just a cover story to distract you from the fact he will be joining southampton

Speaking of completely unrelated topics, what time UK are the UEFA draws taking place?

2 GMT I tihnk not entirely sure though

11 GMT confirmed, so in about 45 minutes,

*rubs hands together*

oh boy

Happening right now as we speak

Real V Juve what a game

Porto - Inter

Barca - Chelsea. gonna be a cracker