Who Is The 2010 Team Of The Year?

Its getting towards the end of the year and its time to make the tough decisions. On this occasion its going to be the team of the year... Who's your choice?

Spain

In 2010 Spain became World Champions playing their brand of Tiki Taka football which no-one seems to figure our whether it is entertaining or extremely monotonous. One thing we do know about this side is that with their classy tidy passing they have a grit which allowed them to see of Hollands rather violent challenge in the final...

Barcelona

Well they have won only won La Liga this year but they have made a scintillating start to the 2010-2011 season. This season they have managed to hammer rivals Real Madrid 5-0 in an explosive performance at the Nou Camp. So far this season they've scored 51 goals in 16 games conceding only 9 goals. They are the favorites win La Liga and also the Champions League, with many touting this side as the best ever the world is at the feet of manager Pep Guardiola and his boys...

 
Inter Milan

Well Inter were the most successful club side in 2010 winning the treble (Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italia). This team had it tactically spot on under Jose Mourinho who managed to get the underperforming Italian giants out of their European slumber. They won the Champions League the hard way beating both Chelsea and Barcelona in the knock out rounds no easy feat I'm sure you'll agree.

The side was dubbed defensive but I feel with Sneijder, Eto'o and Milito they were one of the most effective counter attacking sides I've seen in a very long time.

Germany

Everyone's second favorite team in the World Cup, they played with a flair and attacking freedom which many deemed not very German. The side was young with the likes for Muller, Ozil and Khedira all impressing. The highlights of this team was its demolition jobs on England (4-1) and Argentina (4-0) both sides who were tipped to challenge for the trophy. Hopefully we will see more of them in Euro 2012.

 Chelsea

The won the Premier League and FA Cup in the same season for the first time. They had the best striker in the league Didier Drogba who managed to get 29 Premier League goals. They also scored a record 103 goal on their way to winning the league with an amazing goal difference of +71 the closest to them was Manchester United with a difference of +58, need I say more?

Decision Time...

Who was the best team of 2010?

• Spain
• Germany
• Barcelona
• Inter
• Chelsea

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Cult Player Profile : Luis "Lucho" Enrique

Time to talk about Luis Enrique Martínez García who i feel is a forgotten man in European football. He was an attacking midfielder with an eye for goal. He was getting goals from midfield at the highest level long before anyone had even heard of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard or Paul Scholes.

He started his career at Sporting Gijon where in his first season where he was on the scoresheet 17 times in 45 appearances. This is an impressive record for any midfielder never mind for a 19 year old who's just broke into the first team.

His rise wasn't overlooked by the leading sides in Spain and Enrique was bought by Real Madrid. He was relatively successful during his time at the Bernabeu winning the Spanish League, the Spanish Cup and Spanish Supercup. In total he played 213 games for Real and scored 18 goals, not the best return rate but this was only the start. He left Madrid under a cloud of controversy he ran down his contract and moved to Madrids bitterest rivals Barcelona managed by Bobby Robson on a free transfer, a bit like Sol Campbell but worse...

After his move to Barcelona Luis Enrique really showed what he could do. He was part of a side that won back to back league titles and back to back Spanish Cups. He also experience success in Europe winning the UEFA Cup Winners Cup and also a UEFA Supercup. Ultimately spent 8 seasons at the Nou Camp before he retire. In those eight seasons he played 300 games in all competitions scoring a 109 goals that's a record of slightly over one every 3 games. His best season was his second at the club when he played 47 matches scoring 25 goals, most strikers would be proud of a season like that. What made him loved by the Barca fans more than anything was the 5 goals he scored against his former club Madrid in "El Classico".



Another thing about Enrique was that he was very versatile he played in ever position during his career except for centre back and goalkeeper. He ended his career at Barcelona and revered as a legend at the club. Now that's the end of his club career time to move onto his international one.

Luis Enrique was capped by Spain 62 times scoring 12 goals. He played 3 World Cups, Euro 96 and won and an Olympic Gold Medal in 1992.

One of his most famous moments was in the 1994 World Cup. Everyone talks about the infamous elbow US player Tab Ramos received from Brazilian Leonardo, but Luis Enrique was on the receiving end of one from Italian defender Mauro Tassotti. The incident led to Enrique losing a pint of blood and Tassotti avoiding a red card, but receiving an eight match ban. In 2008 he was quoted as wanting Spain to "take revenge" against Italy in a fixture between the two countries having not forgiven the Italians for the incident in USA94.

Enrique retired from football in 2004 citing that he could no longer reach the high standards he set himself and went on to participate in marathons in Australia. He has recently returned to Barcelona and is now the coach of the Barcelona B Team much like the current Barca manager Pep Guardiola, so who knows what the future holds for Luis Enrique...