World Soccer Presents - Rise of Ronaldo (2022)

GOALKEEPER
PETRCECH(CzechRepublic)
TheyoungChelsea-bound keeper
faceda lotofcompetitionbutshowed
agility, abig-matchmentalityand
hadconfidence in abundance.
Honourablementions:Edwin van
derSar(Netherlands) – oneofthe
heroesashissidefinallycamegoodin
a penaltyshootout;Ricardo(Portugal)

• quarter-final spot-kicksaviourbut
  atfaultfor thefinal goal;Gianluigi
  Buffon(Italy) – impressiveand
  gentlemanly;FabienBarthez(France)


• oneofthe fewFrenchmentoemerge
  fromthetournamentwithanycredit.

RIGHT-BACK
GEORGIOSSEITARIDIS(Greece)
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MIDFIELDERS

THEOZAGORAKIS(Greece)

MANICHE(Portugal)

Zagorakiswasthecaptainand driving

force of thewinners.Hard-working

anddisciplinedthroughout,healso

demonstratedexceptionalcreative

useoftheball– witnesstheflickover

BixenteLizarazuandcrossforthegoal

against Francein thequarter-final.

Tothosestarnameswhocomplained

aboutbeingtired,thereis oneword:

Maniche.ThePorto midfielder played

moregamesthanvirtuallyanyother

player in Europelastseason,but was

still arguably theoutstandingindividual

ofEuro 20 04.An all-actionall-rounder

whopickedhissideup whentheir

forwardsletthemdown.Scored

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PORTUGAL

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