France don't deserve to be in a so called "big 5", because they lack Zidane who absolutely carried them to the final in 2006 and was also their best player in 1998. He is easily one of the top 5 of all time, I would personally but him at number 1
they don't have anyone like him, and they don't have anyone like Viera
when those two were in their prime playing together it was easily the best midfield in the tournament
Wouldn't put a Germany that is without Ballack and with a transition team in a big 5 either. They will be favorites by 2014 (they have been dominating all of the u21,u19 tournaments etc. for the last few years), maybe even by the Euro's in 2012
I would definitely take a field of Spain, England, Holland, Portugal and the rest over Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Argentina
And I think the Italiens/English/Spanish/German teams are all full of players in their domestic leagues because those are the big 4 leagues in the world. So players don't need to leave the home country to play for a world class club.
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Originally Posted by ipuckedyourmom
No Luca Toni or Guseppi Rossi for Italy. Surprising.
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Not really, Toni is super slow and super terrible now. Rossi needs to play in Italy if he wants to make the team, playing in Spain doesn't help him. Their strikers are all older though so he will still get his chance in the next few tournaments